soap dish

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of soap dish¹

First recorded in 1830–40

Example Sentences

As Graham Norton remarked, the Serbian singer appeared to start his act from a "soap dish".

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There’s a soap dish for sale at a beauty products shop in São Paulo, Brazil.

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The occupant of Janis Joplin’s former suite displays the soap dish he kept from a gutted bathroom.

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The other fixtures, those necessary accessories — the soap dish, the cup holder, the towel rack, the toilet paper holder — are tile-glazed too.

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My mom has a clean soap dish devoted to the task, but you can also buy a dedicated sponge holder.

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