Soap dish: A product that is often used in a bathroom to place soap bars onto in order to prevent staining of the basin.
Hand dishwashing is generally performed in the lack of a dishwashing machine, when large “hard-to-clean” products can be found, or through preference. When dishwashing liquid is used on such objects it is intended that they be washed by hand. I cannot appreciate the British practice of cleaning and rinsing dishes in the same dirty normal…