handsoap

English

Alternative forms

• hand soap
• hand-soap

Etymology

From hand +‎ soap.

Noun

handsoap (countable and uncountable, plural handsoaps)

1. A (bar or liquid) soap for the hands.
   • 2008 January 13, Rob Walker, “Imitation of Life”, in New York Times‎:

     In its modest way, Gardeski’s handsoaps — and things that look like other things — play to both of these tendencies at once through the double take that comes with spotting a familiar thing that turns out to be wholly unfamiliar.

Translations

handsoap

Afrikaans: handseep Danish: håndsæbe (da) c Dutch: handzeep (nl) m or f Finnish: käsisaippua (fi) German: Handseife (de) f Norwegian: Bokmål: handsåpe m or f, håndsåpe m or f Nynorsk: handsåpe f Swedish: handtvål c Turkish: el sabunu (tr)