soup
noun /suːp/
/suːp/
[uncountable, countable]Idioms - a liquid food made by boiling meat, vegetables, etc. in water, often eaten as the first course of a meal
- a bowl /cup of soup
- chicken/vegetable/tomato soup
- a soup spoon/bowl/plate
- (British English) a tin/packet of soup
- (North American English) a can/package of soup
- He ladled out three bowls of soup.
- (British English) tinned/packet soups
- (North American English) canned/packaged soups
Extra ExamplesTopics Fooda1- Don't slurp your soup!
- Warhol's paintings of Campbell's soup cans
- We had a cold cucumber soup as a starter.
- hearty vegetable soup
- the Chinese delicacy of shark fin soup
- the emergence of life from the primordial soup on the earth
- I was too sick to eat my soup.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- creamy
- hearty
- thick
- …
- bowl
- cup
- mug
- …
- cook
- make
- prepare
- …
- bowl
- plate
- pot
- …
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French soupe ‘sop, broth (poured on slices of bread)’, from late Latin suppa, of Germanic origin.
Idioms
from soup to nuts
- (North American English, informal) from beginning to end
- She told me the whole story from soup to nuts.
in the soup
- (informal) in trouble
- We're all in the soup now.