Phrase guide

soap dish

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A dish-like container to hold a bar of soap, often mounted to the wall of a bathroom.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

a bathroom or kitchen fixture for holding a bar of soap

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: fixture

History

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Across languages

Translations

47 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Belarusian: мы́льніца (mýlʹnica) — a container for soap
  • Bulgarian: сапуне́рка (sapunérka) — a container for soap
  • Catalan: sabonera — a container for soap
  • Chinese Mandarin: 肥皂盒 (féizào hé) — a container for soap
  • Danish: sæbeskål — a container for soap
  • Estonian: seebialus — a container for soap
  • Faroese: sápuskál — a container for soap
  • Finnish: saippua-astia — a container for soap
  • Finnish: saippuavati — a container for soap
  • Finnish: saippualaatikko — a container for soap
  • French: porte-savon — a container for soap
  • German: Seifenschale — a container for soap
  • Hindi: साबुनदान (sābundān) — a container for soap
  • Hungarian: szappantartó — a container for soap
  • Ido: saponuyo — a container for soap
  • Ingush: сапалоаторг (sapaloatorg) — a container for soap
  • Irish: soitheach gallúnaí — a container for soap
  • Irish: méisín sópa — a container for soap
  • Italian: portasapone — a container for soap
  • Japanese: ソープディッシュ (sōpudisshu) — a container for soap
  • Japanese: 石鹸入れ (sekken'ire) — a container for soap
  • Korean: 비누대 (binudae) — a container for soap
  • Korean: 비누받침 (binubatchim) — a container for soap
  • Lithuanian: muilinė — a container for soap
  • Manx: saagh sheeabin — a container for soap
  • Nivkh: мылосиф (məlosif) — a container for soap
  • Norwegian Bokmål: såpeskål — a container for soap
  • Pannonian Rusyn: мидлянїк (midljanjik) — a container for soap
  • Iranian Persian: جاصابونی (jâsâbuni) — a container for soap
  • Polish: mydelniczka — a container for soap
  • Portuguese: saboneteira — a container for soap
  • Portuguese: saboeiro — a container for soap
  • Portuguese: saboneteiro — a container for soap
  • Punjabi: ਸਾਬਣਦਾਨੀ (sābṇadānī) — a container for soap
  • Romanian: săpunieră — a container for soap
  • Russian: мы́льница (mýlʹnica) — a container for soap
  • Slovene: posodica za milo — a container for soap
  • Spanish: jabonera — a container for soap
  • Swedish: tvålkopp — a container for soap
  • Swedish: tvålfat — a container for soap
  • Turkish: sabunluk — a container for soap
  • Ukrainian: ми́льничка (mýlʹnyčka) — a container for soap
  • Ukrainian: ми́льниця (mýlʹnycja) — a container for soap
  • Urdu: صابُون دان (sābūn dān) — a container for soap
  • Uzbek: sovundon — a container for soap
  • Vietnamese: hộp đựng xà phòng — a container for soap
  • Welsh: bocs sebon — a container for soap