1
: a liquid food especially with a meat, fish, or vegetable stock as a base and often containing pieces of solid food
2
: something (such as a heavy fog or nitroglycerine) having or suggesting the consistency or nutrient qualities of soup
3
: an unfortunate predicament
that stunt landed her in the soup
Examples of soup in a Sentence
in soup like this, amateur pilots can easily become disoriented
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Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 21 Nov. 2024
Anas and his 11-year-old sister grab an old food can with a twisted wire handle – a makeshift pail – to carry food and soups ladled out by the charity kitchen.
—Taylor Luck, The Christian Science Monitor, 21 Nov. 2024
Corporations often change their names to signal a shift in identity—like Campbell dropping 'soup' after more than 150 years to reflect a diversified product line—or to distance themselves from negative associations, as Philip Morris did by becoming Altria.
—Mike Dojc, Forbes, 20 Nov. 2024
There was a moment in the day where the brain felt like a bowl of warm soup.
—Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 14 Nov. 2024
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Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 21 Nov. 2024
Anas and his 11-year-old sister grab an old food can with a twisted wire handle – a makeshift pail – to carry food and soups ladled out by the charity kitchen.
—Taylor Luck, The Christian Science Monitor, 21 Nov. 2024
Corporations often change their names to signal a shift in identity—like Campbell dropping 'soup' after more than 150 years to reflect a diversified product line—or to distance themselves from negative associations, as Philip Morris did by becoming Altria.
—Mike Dojc, Forbes, 20 Nov. 2024
There was a moment in the day where the brain felt like a bowl of warm soup.
—Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 14 Nov. 2024
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“Soup.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/soup. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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soup
noun1
: a liquid food with a meat, fish, or vegetable stock as a base and often containing pieces of solid food
2
: something like or suggesting soup (as a heavy fog)
Etymology
from early French supe "soup"; of Germanic origin
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