Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Jan 25, 2005 03:40
19 yrs ago
English term
soap factory
English
Art/Literary
Linguistics
I am looking for a synonym for "soap factory" that would sound a bit old-fashioned. I know there is a word soapworks (google gives a billion hits), but it is mainly used in company names. Can one say, for example, that soap is produced in a soapworks?
Responses
| 4 +8 | the soapery |
swisstell
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| 3 +4 | soap-boiler/soap-maker |
RHELLER
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| 5 +1 | soap manufactory |
bigedsenior
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| 5 +1 | soap manufactory |
Charlesp
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| 4 +1 | soap-house / soap-works |
Tony M
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| 4 | soap manufacturing plant |
CMJ_Trans (X)
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Responses
+8
14 mins
Selected
the soapery
is it.
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Note added at 16 mins (2005-01-25 03:57:31 GMT)
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Olivier Soapery -
Soap. Olivier Soapery. Isabel Gagné and Pierre Pelletier. ... Olivier Soapery. As you
walk through the door, your sense of sight, smell and touch are aroused. ...
www.economusees.com/savonnerie_ olivier_en.cfm?printMode=YES
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Note added at 16 mins (2005-01-25 03:57:31 GMT)
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Olivier Soapery -
Soap. Olivier Soapery. Isabel Gagné and Pierre Pelletier. ... Olivier Soapery. As you
walk through the door, your sense of sight, smell and touch are aroused. ...
www.economusees.com/savonnerie_ olivier_en.cfm?printMode=YES
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thank you all very much! From your answers I learned not only several synonyms but also a great deal about soap history. That is why our profession is so beautiful! :)"
+4
28 mins
soap-boiler/soap-maker
it was usually made at home - here is more than you ever wanted to know
... Someone who made soap was referred to as a soap-boiler, and someone who manufactured candles was referred to as a tallow-chandler. ...
www.geocities.com/BourbonStreet/ Quarter/2926/Soap_History.html
Colonial Soap Making. Its History and TechniquesThis site offers brief history of soap from the first soaps through the colonial period with links...
www.alcasoft.com/soapfact/history.html -
... Someone who made soap was referred to as a soap-boiler, and someone who manufactured candles was referred to as a tallow-chandler. ...
www.geocities.com/BourbonStreet/ Quarter/2926/Soap_History.html
Colonial Soap Making. Its History and TechniquesThis site offers brief history of soap from the first soaps through the colonial period with links...
www.alcasoft.com/soapfact/history.html -
Peer comment(s):
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Maria Chmelarova
38 mins
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thanks Pretty :-)
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Katsuhiko KAKUNO, Ph.D.
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merci :-)
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Jonathan MacKerron
: Webster also offers "soaper"
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thanks Jonathan!
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DGK T-I
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Hi Giuli!
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Tony M
: OED gives 'soaper' as 'a person who makes soap', so may not be exactly the same as is required here? // At WHAT time? Asker hasn't specified the period, just wants an old-fashioned-sounding term for a factory...
6 hrs
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as I explained, this was done at home; industrial quantities were not made at that time
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2 hrs
soap manufactory
This is really old fashioned, as this is how early factories were called.
The History of American Technology. 1789. In London, soapmaker Andrew Pears introduced Pears Soap--still known for its oval shape and translucent amber color. ... immigrant candlemaker William Colgate opened a candle chandlery and soap manufactory at 6 Dutch Street in New York City ...
http://web.bryant.edu/~history/h364material/wmn_chr/applianc
e.htm
Soap
... Soap Making.--We were very much interested yesterday in going through the soap manufactory of Messrs ... we at last have a toilet soap manufactory in Mobile; a soap guaranteed in ...
http://www.uttyler.edu/vbetts/soap.htm
Hong Kong Exporter Net Optical and Glasses
... All Fit Optical Manufactory Ltd ... Asia Optical Manufactory. Atlas Optical Manufacturing Ltd ...
http://www.hkexporter.net/optical
Silverlit Toys Manufactory Limited
Silverlit Toys is a well-established toy manufacturer / exporter with 20 years experience in the industry w/ ISO quality certification.
http://www.silverlit.com/
Gobelins Tapestry Manufactory (Getty Museum)
A biography of the artist Gobelins Tapestry Manufactory from the J. Paul Getty Museum's collection. ... Active: 1662 - to present. Tapestry manufactory. French ... Louis XIV's minister of finance, took over the Gobelins manufactory on behalf of the Crown; its official title became ...
http://www.getty.edu/art/collections/bio/a1214-1.html
The History of American Technology. 1789. In London, soapmaker Andrew Pears introduced Pears Soap--still known for its oval shape and translucent amber color. ... immigrant candlemaker William Colgate opened a candle chandlery and soap manufactory at 6 Dutch Street in New York City ...
http://web.bryant.edu/~history/h364material/wmn_chr/applianc
e.htm
Soap
... Soap Making.--We were very much interested yesterday in going through the soap manufactory of Messrs ... we at last have a toilet soap manufactory in Mobile; a soap guaranteed in ...
http://www.uttyler.edu/vbetts/soap.htm
Hong Kong Exporter Net Optical and Glasses
... All Fit Optical Manufactory Ltd ... Asia Optical Manufactory. Atlas Optical Manufacturing Ltd ...
http://www.hkexporter.net/optical
Silverlit Toys Manufactory Limited
Silverlit Toys is a well-established toy manufacturer / exporter with 20 years experience in the industry w/ ISO quality certification.
http://www.silverlit.com/
Gobelins Tapestry Manufactory (Getty Museum)
A biography of the artist Gobelins Tapestry Manufactory from the J. Paul Getty Museum's collection. ... Active: 1662 - to present. Tapestry manufactory. French ... Louis XIV's minister of finance, took over the Gobelins manufactory on behalf of the Crown; its official title became ...
http://www.getty.edu/art/collections/bio/a1214-1.html
4 hrs
soap manufacturing plant
He has worked with the start-up of soap manufacturing plants in Japan, China, and India, as well as others throughout South America, Europe, and the Middle and ...
chemindustry.intota.com/.../xml/biofull/ 603511data.xml&bioID=603511&perID=108168
The only snag is that it sounds a bit grand!
chemindustry.intota.com/.../xml/biofull/ 603511data.xml&bioID=603511&perID=108168
The only snag is that it sounds a bit grand!
Peer comment(s):
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Tony M
: ...and a bit modern too!
37 mins
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yep - I am still half asleep and forgot about the "old-fashioned"
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4 hrs
soap-house / soap-works
Are two versions given by OED for 'a place where soap is manufactured', and both of them sound sufficiently old-fashioned to my UK ears.
Note that the more pompous-sounding terms often survived in proper names, presumably because they sounded more grand and impressive; so lots of the words still retained in proper names already do have a slightly quaint or old-fashioned air about them, a fact that is often capitlaized on by modern companies searching for comfortable, traditional-sounding names.
Note that the more pompous-sounding terms often survived in proper names, presumably because they sounded more grand and impressive; so lots of the words still retained in proper names already do have a slightly quaint or old-fashioned air about them, a fact that is often capitlaized on by modern companies searching for comfortable, traditional-sounding names.
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5 hrs
soap manufactory
I made that term up; or so I thought. Until I looked it up on Google, and found:
Dallett's Old Soap Manufactory, 1884
with a picture and all... - including its history.
http://www.brynmawr.edu/iconog/evans/files/plc133.html
note some additional interesting websites on soap:
Dallett's Old Soap Manufactory, 1884
with a picture and all... - including its history.
http://www.brynmawr.edu/iconog/evans/files/plc133.html
note some additional interesting websites on soap:
Reference:
http://www.alcasoft.com/soapfact/history.html
http://chemindustry.intota.com/multisearch.asp?mode=&strSearchType=all&strQuery=soap+manufacturing
Peer comment(s):
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DGK T-I
: (although certainly Bigedsenior got there first with this idea)
31 mins
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| neutral |
Charlie Bavington
: or possibly you got it subliminally, from bigedsenior's identical posting two and a half hours earlier.....
1 hr
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