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soapflake

noun

Etymology

From soap + flake.

  1. derived from *pleh₂-✻
  2. derived from *flaką✻ — “something flat”
  3. derived from flak — “loose or torn piece”
  4. inherited from flacca
  5. inherited from flake — “a flake of snow”
  6. compounded as soapflake — “soap + flake”

Definitions

  1. Soap in the form of dried flakes, formerly used for washing clothes.

    • A tablespoon of glycerine makes it glossy, or half a cup of soapflakes makes it lumpy.
    • Government policies seemed to be no easier to sell than soapflakes: indeed advertising budgets have been considerably greater.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for soapflake. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA