soupnoun [ C or U ]
uk/suːp/us/suːp/A1 a usually hot, liquid food made from vegetables, meat, or fish:
chicken/oxtail/fish/tomato soup
Would you like a bowl of soup?
More examples
- Hot soup is very comforting on a cold winter's day.
- You'll feel better once you've got some hot soup down you.
- Empty the soup into a saucepan and simmer gently for ten minutes.
- You can use fresh herbs to flavour the soup.
- He spilled soup all down his front.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Soups
- bisque
- borscht
- bouillabaisse
- bouillon
- broth
- chowder
- cock-a-leekie
- consommé
- cream
- gazpacho
- gumbo
- minestrone
- mulligatawny
- pea soup
- potage
- Scotch broth
- vichyssoise
Idiom(s)
be in the soup
(from) soup to nuts