bar of soap

collocation in English

meaningsofbarandsoap

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bar
noun[C]
uk
/bɑːr/us
/bɑːr/
a place where drinks, especially alcoholic drinks, are sold and drunk, or the area in such a place where the person serving the ...
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soap
noun
uk
/səʊp/us
/soʊp/
a substance used for washing the body or ...
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(Definition ofbarandsoapfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofbar of soap

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They provided a maximum of onebarofsoapof each colour at each visit.
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One tends to think that a commodity is abarofsoapor a light bulb.
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You will appreciate that it is very difficult to try to strike a match on abarofsoap.
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I noticed that onebarofsoaphad attached to it a beautiful hairbrush, which was a free offer.
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She never bought abarofsoapin all the time she lived with me.
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The new form factor has been compared to abarofsoap.
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But as you know, and as we all know, it is sometimes difficult to strike a match on abarofsoap.
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They would have said that the demand for over-the-counter groceries was not elastic— one either needed abarofsoap, or one did not.
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They were called that because the holder of such a commission had one foot on the retired list and the other on abarofsoap.
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He is rumored to have written a few lines of the poem each day on abarofsoapand memorized them while using it.
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The company offered abarofsoapfor each pound of tobacco a salesman purchased or 30 bars of soap for every 25 pounds purchased.
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It takes five skeletons to make abarofsoapand five bars of soap must be created, and delivered to the sea-monsters, in each chamber.
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Given the size of abarofsoap(a long 4-sided prism which weighs approximately 1.5 kg), it must be cut to the desired size before use.
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The children answered questions on when they should wash their hands and were rewarded with a barofsoapthat they could take home and use with their families.
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