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

  • 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

    feuilleton - French Word-A-Day 2008

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