soapflake
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
soapflake (plural soapflakes)
- (mostly plural) Soap in the form of dried flakes, formerly used for washing clothes.
- 2013, Gloria Callaway, Abigail Leach, Mary Kear, Teaching Art & Design in the Primary School, page 42:
- A tablespoon of glycerine makes it glossy, or half a cup of soapflakes makes it lumpy.
- 2002, Bob Franklin, Social Policy, the Media and Misrepresentation, page 20:
- Government policies seemed to be no easier to sell than soapflakes: indeed advertising budgets have been considerably greater.
Usage notes[edit]
- In the singular, generally attributive, e.g. a soapflake box.