chicken noodle soup

noun

: a soup made with chicken broth, chicken, and noodles and often with chopped vegetables

Feeling a cold coming on? There's a good chance your parents might make you a hot bowl of chicken noodle soup. While the dish isn't a cure for the cold or flu, doctors do think the soup might be good for stuffy noses.

—Kay Boatner

Fortunately, the old standard of salty canned chicken noodle soup has some competition with today's variety of vegetable- and grain-filled soups with a healthier nutrient profile.

—Heidi McIndoo

Examples of chicken noodle soup in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Just like having chicken noodle soup to heal from a cold, many people associate cranberry juice with UTI recovery. —Stephanie Brown, Verywell Health, 5 Jan. 2026

Long gone are the days of only turning to a can of chicken noodle soup. —Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 2 Jan. 2026

More research is needed to say for certain just how much chicken noodle soup can help, though4 2. —Carrie Madormo, Health, 29 Dec. 2025

The Korean menu has numerous kid-friendly options (think chicken noodle soup and luscious veggie fritters) with fair prices. —Allison Tibaldi, USA Today, 20 Nov. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1889, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for chicken noodle soup

• coop
• coupe
• croup
• droop
• drupe
• dupe
• group
• hoop
• loop
• lupe
• oop
• poop