soap dish

American  

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.

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Etymology

Origin of soap dish

First recorded in 1830–40

Example Sentences

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soap dish

"We go for an 85% handmade policy, so even if people who perhaps make soaps, they buy in a soap dish because they're not a ceramicist, that's fine, because it complements the product."

From BBC ● Dec. 12, 2025

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

From Scientific American ● Dec. 13, 2022

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 9, 2022

An aqua tone is everywhere, from the cutlery handles to the soap dish.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 20, 2021

So you’re walking around this empty house, and all the towels are folded up, and the soap is still wet on the soap dish.

From "Feed" by M.T. Anderson