soap dish

noun

a dish designed to hold a bar of soap, especially as a bathroom or kitchen fixture attached to a sink, lavatory, or bathtub.

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DO YOU KNOW THIS VOCABULARY FROM "THE HANDMAID'S TALE"?

"The Handmaid's Tale" was required reading for many of us in school. Everyone else has probably watched the very popular and addictive TV show. Do you remember this vocabulary from the book, and do you know what these terms mean?

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decorum

the act of or need for making up one's mind.

dignified propriety of behavior, speech, dress, etc.

a company of singers, especially an organized group employed in church service.

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Origin of soap dish

First recorded in 1830–40

Words nearby soap dish

soane, soap, soap boiler, soap box derby, soap bubble, soap dish, soap flakes, soap opera, soap pad, soap plant, soap powder

Example sentences from the Web for soap-dish

She twigs at once what I want, makes a guttural sound, and in half-an-hour or so returns with a soap-dish full of dirty salt.
James Geikie|Marion I. Newbigin
Both the soap-dish and the wash-basin should be scoured daily.
Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Household Science in Rural Schools|Ministry of Education Ontario
The marble slab and bowl were scrubbed and dried, and the mugs and soap-dish washed, wiped, and replaced.
A Little Housekeeping Book for a Little Girl|Caroline French Benton
Striving to smother his mirth, Lanse bore the soap-dish away.
The Second Violin|Grace S. Richmond

Under the sink should be kept a slop-pail; and, on a shelf by it, a soap-dish and two water-pails.
A Treatise on Domestic Economy|Catherine Esther Beecher

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