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| detergent |
Detergent is a liquid or powder made for washing things. We usually use detergent to wash our clothes. Detergent is like soap, but it is made with different things and works in a different way to get things clean. |
| grocery |
A grocery is a store where you can buy food and small things that you use every day. You can buy things like fruit, vegetables, milk, bread, snacks, paper towels, batteries, and soap in a grocery. We often call a grocery a "grocery store." [1/2 definitions] |
| grocery store |
A grocery store is a store where you can buy many kinds of food and other small things that you use every day. You can buy things like fruit, meat, bread, milk, soap, and light bulbs at a grocery store. |
| lather |
foam made by soap or detergent mixed in water. [1/4 definitions] |
| laundry |
When we talk about laundry, we mean things like clothes, sheets, and other things that we wash with water and soap. When we say we are going to do the laundry, it means we are going to wash our clothes and other things made of cloth. [1/2 definitions] |
| lye |
a strong substance used in making soap. It was once made from wood ashes. |
| miscellaneous |
When we talk about a group of miscellaneous things, we mean a group of things that are of different types and are not very much related to each other. If a drawer has miscellaneous things in it, it might contain things like scissors, soap, batteries, socks, feathers, and cookies. |
| mop |
A mop is a thing we sometimes use to wash a floor. It is a long stick with thick strings or long pieces of cloth attached to the end of it. We put the end of the mop in water and soap and then wipe it over the floor. [1/2 definitions] |
| potassium |
a soft, silver-white metal that is one of the chemical elements. Potassium is used in making fertilizer, soap, glass, and explosives. It occurs in nature only in compounds with other elements. (symbol: K) |
| purpose |
The purpose of a thing is what it does for people. The purpose of soap, for example, is to help you get clean. [1/2 definitions] |
| reality |
Reality is all of what we know to exist and be true. Reality is not created by imagination. What we see in dreams at night is not reality. If someone believes they are riding a duck over a cloud of soap bubbles, their mind is not seeing reality. [1/2 definitions] |
| rinse |
When you rinse something, like your hair or a dish, you run water over it to remove things like soap or loose dirt or food. [1/4 definitions] |
| shampoo |
a soap solution used to clean the hair. [2/4 definitions] |
| slippery |
When something is slippery, it's easy to slide on it and easy to fall on it. Things are often slippery when they are covered with something like ice, oil, or soap. [1/2 definitions] |
| soap |
to rub with soap. [1/2 definitions] |
| soapy |
containing, covered with, or filled with soap. [2 definitions] |
| suds |
water mixed with soap, or the foam that forms on soapy water. |
| tallow |
the hard fat from animals such as cattle or sheep. Tallow is used in making soap, candles, lubricating substances, and certain foods. |
| wash |
to make clean by using water or soap. [2/12 definitions] |
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