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Meaning of साबण in English

  • A substance which dissolves in water, thus forming a lather, and is used as a cleansing agent. Soap is produced by combining fats or oils with alkalies or alkaline earths, usually by boiling, and consists of salts of sodium, potassium, etc., with the fatty acids (oleic, stearic, palmitic, etc.). See the Note below, and cf. Saponification. By extension, any compound of similar composition or properties, whether used as a cleaning agent or not.
  • To rub or wash over with soap.
  • To flatter; to wheedle.
  • A chain by which a leading horse draws a plow.
  • of Soap
  • Any serranoid fish of the genus Rhypticus; -- so called from the soapy feeling of its skin.
  • Quality or state of being soapy.
  • A perennial herb (Gypsophila Struthium) the root of which is used in Spain as a substitute for soap.
  • See Steatite, and Talc.
  • Suds made with soap.
  • A common plant (Saponaria officinalis) of the Pink family; -- so called because its bruised leaves, when agitated in water, produce a lather like that from soap. Called also Bouncing Bet.
  • Resembling soap; having the qualities of, or feeling like, soap; soft and smooth.
  • Smeared with soap; covered with soap.
  • of Soot

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