Soap Definition–noun | 1. | a substance used for washing and cleansing purposes, usually made by treating a fat with an alkali, as sodium or potassium hydroxide, and consisting chiefly of the sodium or potassium salts of the acids contained in the fat. | | 2. | any metallic salt of an acid derived from a fat. | | 3. | Slang. money, esp. as used for bribery in politics. | –verb (used with object) | 5. | to rub, cover, lather, or treat with soap. | —Idiom | 6. | no soap, Informal. no go: He wanted me to vote for him, but I told him no soap. | |
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broadcast dramatic serial program, so called in the United States because most of its major sponsors for many years were manufacturers of soap and detergents. The soap opera is characterized by a ...
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substances that, when dissolved in water, possess the ability to remove dirt from surfaces such as the human skin, textiles, and other solids. The seemingly simple process of cleaning a soiled ...
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Several techniques are employed in making soap, most of which involve heat. Processes can be either continuous or on a batch basis.soap and detergent
Early soapmakers probably used ashes and animal fats. Simple wood or plant ashes containing potassium carbonate were dispersed in water, and fat was added to the solution. This mixture was then ...
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Hot caustic alkali solution, such as caustic soda (sodium hydroxide), acts on natural fats or oils, such as tallow or vegetable oil, to produce sodium fatty acid salt (soap) and glycerin (or ...
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Sodium hydroxide is employed as the saponification alkali for most soap now produced. Soap may also be manufactured with potassium hydroxide (caustic potash) as the alkali. Potassium soaps are more ...
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Finishing operations transform the hot mass coming from the boiling pan or from continuous production equipment into the end product desired. For laundry soap, the soap mass is cooled in frames or ...
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sodium hydroxide, a white crystalline solid used extensively in the manufacture of soap, rayon, and paper (see sodium).soap and detergent
Soap has been known for at least 2,300 years. According to Pliny the Elder, the Phoenicians prepared it from goat's tallow and wood ashes in 600 BC and sometimes used it as an article of barter with ...
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Fatty raw materials for soap manufacture include animal and vegetable oils and fats or fatty acids, as well as by-products of the cellulose and paper industry, such as rosin and tall oil. Four groups ...
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Mail Online UK - Found Nov. 5, 2008
Chantelle Houghton and Chanelle Hayes, as the Coronation Street stars came out in force for a special big-screen premiere of the famous soap.
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Hungry Refugees Get Soap But No Food
The Spike Selling soap to suckers
IT Web - Found Nov. 4, 2008
Selling soap to suckers By Ivo Vegter Posted: 23th October 2008It used to be that you had to buy a product because you couldn't let opportunities
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Woman accused of forcing son to swallow soap
Hartford Courant - Found Nov. 2, 2008
A Bristol woman accused of forcing liquid soap down her 10-year-old son's throat has agreed to a plea deal.
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Four Soap Operas The CW Needs to Develop [Better Than Melrose Place] ...
Gawker - Found Nov. 1, 2008
... lines when you don't have to do a comedy, necessarily, and Soap knew that. Created by Golden Girls scribe Susan Harris, Soap would need some...
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Original TV soap farm put on the market
Telegraph and Argus - Found Oct. 31, 2008
The original Emmerdale Farm is up for sale with a price tag of £1.25million.
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Soap opera uses murdered boy's photo
Soap opera drama simply isn't worth the effort
Toronto Star Online - Found Oct. 29, 2008
This is pure soap opera! After 10 years without any change, it's time to get a life for yourself. You are doing harm ...
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See You Lather: On soap
Grist Magazine - Found Oct. 28, 2008
... of soap. According to the ingredients they list on their website, Dove has sodium-palmitate (soap made from palm oil), sodium-cocoate (soap...
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'Teacher put soap in my mouth'
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