Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A kind of soap, or a detergent for use instead of soap: a term variously applied.
- noun A West Indian tree, Pithecolobium micradenium, whose bark serves as a soap.
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Examples
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Today, learn the French word "feuilleton", and follow a less dramatic "soap" (feuillotte? savonette?) in today's column. feuilleton (fuhy-tohn) noun, masculine serial (program), soap opera
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