soapbox
Use Soapbox in a sentence
noun
1.
Also, soap box. an improvised platform, as one on a street, from which a speaker delivers an informal speech, an appeal, or political harangue.
adjective
2.
of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a speaker or speech from a soapbox.
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soapbox (ˈsəʊpˌbɒks) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a box or crate for packing soap |
| 2. | a crate used as a platform for speech-making |
| 3. | a child's homemade racing cart consisting of a wooden box set on a wooden frame with wheels and a steerable front axle |
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Soapbox
is always a great word to know.
So is slumgullion. Does it mean:
| a gadget; dingus; thingumbob. |
| a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc. |
Example sentences
If you are wise, you climb down from the soapbox of ideology and try to see them steadily.
Imagine if they would simply speak their mind using the media council seat as a soapbox.
So instead of climbing on a soapbox, let me leave you with this thought.
Okay, soapbox is coming out of the closet, so standby.
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