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If you look for truth, you may find comfort in the end; if you look for comfort you will not get either comfort or truth only soft soap and wishful thinking to begin, and in the end, despair.
C. S. Lewis

Meaning of "soft soap" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SOFT SOAP

soft soap play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SOFT SOAP

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Soft soap is a verb and can also act as a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

WHAT DOES SOFT SOAP MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of soft soap in the English dictionary

The definition of soft soap in the dictionary is flattering, persuasive, or cajoling talk. Other definition of soft soap is to use such talk on.


WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SOFT SOAP

soft power
soft release
soft roe
soft rot
soft sawder
soft science
soft sell
soft shoulder
soft sign
soft skills
soft solder
soft spot
soft steel
soft target
soft tick
soft tissue
soft top
soft touch
soft toy
soft tree fern

WORDS THAT END LIKE SOFT SOAP

carbolic soap
Castile soap
dish soap
docu-soap
green soap
household soap
kitchen soap
metallic soap
no soap
saddle soap
sandsoap
shaving soap
soap
soft-soap
sugar soap
toilet soap
yellow soap

Synonyms and antonyms of soft soap in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «soft soap» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SOFT SOAP

Find out the translation of soft soap to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of soft soap from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «soft soap» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

软皂
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

jabón suave
570 millions of speakers

English

soft soap
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

मुलायम साबुन
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الصابون لينة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

жидкое мыло
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

sabão suave
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

নরম সাবান
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

savon doux
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Sabun lembut
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Schmierseife
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

軟せっけん
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

부드러운 비누
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Lembut sabun
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

lời a dua
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மென்மையான சோப்பு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

सॉफ्ट साबण
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

yumuşak sabun
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

sapone molle
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

szare mydło
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

рідке мило
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

săpun moale
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

μαλακό σαπούνι
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

sagte seep
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

såpa
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

grønnsåpe
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of soft soap

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SOFT SOAP»

The term «soft soap» is regularly used and occupies the 90.502 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SOFT SOAP» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about soft soap

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QUOTES WITH «SOFT SOAP»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word soft soap.
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C. S. Lewis
If you look for truth, you may find comfort in the end; if you look for comfort you will not get either comfort or truth only soft soap and wishful thinking to begin, and in the end, despair.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SOFT SOAP»

Discover the use of soft soap in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to soft soap and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Soft Soap, Hard Sell: American Hygiene in an Age of ...
Soft Soap, Hard Sell is for the reader interested in the history of social trends and American popular culture.
Vincent Vinikas, 1992
2
The Soap Maker's Handbook of Materials, Processes and ...
Definition of the term soft soap; Principal fatty substances employed in the manufacture of soft soap; Care in the preparation of lyes . 321 Quantity of lye required for saponification; Varieties of soft soap . . 322 Smooth transparent soft soap, and ...
William Theodore Brannt, Carl Deite, Alwin Engelhardt, 1912
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The Handbook of Soap Manufacture
When the quantities have been added, steam is admitted and saponification proceeds. (C) Treatment of Fat with Indefinite Amount of Alkali and no Separation of Waste Lye.—Soft soap is representative of this class. The vegetable fluid oils ...
W.H. Simmons & H.A. Appleton
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Slipcasting
Due Soft soap is available from most pottery suppliers and is known as 'potter's size'. It normally requires diluting with water using 50% soap and 50% water. New plaster will stick to old plaster unless a seal or barrier is created on the surface ...
Sasha Wardell, 2007
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A Practical Treatise on the Manufacture of Soap and Candles ...
FACE Characteristics and composition of soft soaps 4S4 Smooth transparent soft «oap 423 Proportion of soda lye used with potash lye for soft soap : Experiments of f/rcve and Centele ; Formula for calculating the yield of soft soap with the use ...
William Theodore Brannt, Carl Deite, Alwin Engelhardt, 1888
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Hunt's Merchants' Magazine
In the city of London, there were made 627,209 lbs. of silicated soap, 40,699,297 lbs. of other hard soap, and 791,470 lbs. of soft soap; thus making a grand total, for England, of 2,478,612 lbs. of silicated soap; 156,406,035 lbs. of other hard ...
‎1845
7
Leather & Shoes
III., 333) points out that the genuine soft soap shouldibe made from linseed oil and potash, and that in soft soaps thus prepared all the glycerine is retained. He further states that the endeavor to recover this glycerine has led to the production of ...
‎1919
8
Statutes at Large ...: (29 v. in 32) Statutes or the United ...
Soft Soap, Twenty Barrels and upwards. Ten Barrel*. Three Frames, or less than Six Frames, and (hall not cleanse and take the whole of the Soap boiled and made in such Copper, Pan or Vessel, from and out of the same within the Space of ...
Great Britain, 1819
9
The Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review
The quantity made in Scotland, during the some period, was 127,740 lbs. of silicated, 10,890,515 lbs. of other hard, and 5,251,151 lbs. of soft soap. The principal towns for the manufacture of silicated soap appear to be Liverpool, Norwich, ...
‎1845
10
The Justice of the Peace, and Parish Officer
Officer to charge lor material* (ribing. out of any vessel, &c. which shall contain 20 barrels or 5,1 201bs. of soft soap, or more, and shall not cleanse and take the whole of the soap boiled and made in such vessel, &c. out of the same within the  ...
Richard Burn, Sir George Chetwynd, 1820

6 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SOFT SOAP»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term soft soap is used in the context of the following news items.
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Alan Jones hits Stephen Dank with the soft soap
This week, as witness his embarrassingly soft-soap interview, Jones has been siding with Stephen Dank of Cronulla/Essendon fame. As he does in most such ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Apr 15»
2
Female Empowerment in Ads: Soft Feminism or Soft Soap?
David Rogers, a faculty member at Columbia Business School, calls it "soft" feminism. "It's not really about pursuing feminism through government action or ... «AdAge.com, Sep 14»
3
Soft soap for the garden
Andrew Jackson Downing, a gardening celebrity of the 19th century (who would have designed New York City's Central Park if his life had not been cut short in ... «Waterbury Republican American, Mar 12»
4
Making soft soap and raising a stink: Cleveland Remembers
Our landlord and his family used the basement in the fall to make what they called soft soap. I think they used it for everything except bathing. It was made by ... «Plain Dealer, Aug 11»
5
SNP's soft soap fails to wash away memory of past attacks
It's difficult to explain adequately but yesterday's performance from the SNP administration had, at times, a distinctly unctuous feel to it. For the uninitiated, I'm ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 11»
6
Soft Soap
Soft Soap. In Its Campaign for Real Beauty, Dove Tells Women That They Are ... Most of the softness comes in bar soap, Dove's original and still-biggest ... «AdAge.com, Sep 07»

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