What is a Soap Dish?

A soap dish is just what it sounds like – a dish for holding soap. It is kept near the bathroom sink for hand washing. The types of soap dishes vary widely and you can find everything from an inexpensive piece of plastic to a fancy designer soap dish. Although soap dishes can be almost any shape and style, many are designed in a tray shape so that soapy suds don't overflow as much they would if the dish was flat without an edge around it. A soap dish is usually made to hold single bars of soap, but you could also use it for several small guest soaps. Liquid soap must be used in a soap dispenser rather than a dish. Most tub and shower surrounds have built-in soap dishes. A soap dish can be plastic, glass, ceramic, metal, wood or any combination of these. Plastic soap dishes are usually the most inexpensive as well as the most informal looking. This choice is great for kids and all sorts of colorful animal-shaped and other fun soap dishes are sold today to help encourage children to ...  more

A soap dish is just what it sounds like – a dish for holding soap. It is kept near the bathroom sink for hand washing. The types of soap dishes vary widely and you can find everything from an inexpensive piece of plastic to a fancy designer soap dish. Although soap dishes can be almost any shape and style, many are designed in a tray shape so that soapy suds don't overflow as much they would if the dish was flat without an edge around it. A soap dish is usually made to hold single bars of soap, but you could also use it for several small guest soaps. Liquid soap must be used in a soap dispenser rather than a dish. Most tub and shower surrounds have built-in soap dishes. A soap dish can be plastic, glass, ceramic, metal, wood or any combination of these. Plastic soap dishes are usually the most inexpensive as well as the most informal looking. This choice is great for kids and all sorts of colorful animal-shaped and other fun soap dishes are sold today to help encourage children to ...  more