Meaning & use
soapery
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Meanings
nouncountablerare
A place where soap is made, especially a small factory or workshop.
Grammar: Countable: a soapery, two soaperies.
Patterns
- work at a soapery
- visit a soapery
The old soapery on the corner has been making lavender soap for a hundred years.
She learned traditional soap-making at a small soapery in the countryside.
noununcountablerare
The business or craft of making soap.
Grammar: Uncountable; used like 'the soap industry'.
Patterns
- go into soapery
- the art of soapery
He left his office job to go into soapery.
The book covers the history of soapery in Europe.
Word forms
| plural | soaperies |
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Common combinations
- a small soapery
- They run a small soapery that sells handmade bars online.
- traditional soapery
- Traditional soapery uses animal fats and wood ash.
- the art of soapery
- She studied the art of soapery for years before opening her shop.
Synonyms and how they differ
- soap factory
- Much more common and neutral; 'soapery' sounds old-fashioned or quaint.
- soapworks
- A less common word for a soap factory, often part of a company name; 'soapery' is even rarer.
Word family
- soap noun
- The substance used for washing.
- soap-maker noun
- A person who makes soap.
Commonly confused: soapery or soap opera?
soapery vs soap opera
A soap opera is a TV drama series; 'soapery' has nothing to do with television.
Practice
Which sentence uses 'soapery' correctly?
Choose one answer.
'Soapery' means a place where soap is made or the business of making soap, so sentence B fits. An is wrong because you don't buy a soapery to wash with; C confuses it with 'soap opera'; D makes no sense.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “soapery”, then check it and compare it with the examples above.