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

While the gourmands among us may long for those varieties, some enduring classics also came out of that era, like cream of mushroom and chicken noodle soups in 1934. —Matt Cortina, USA Today, 15 Apr. 2026

No dish is quite as soothing as a hearty bowl of chicken noodle soup. —Jenna Sims, Southern Living, 4 Apr. 2026

Canned chicken noodle soup and instant ramen are convenient pantry staples that make for delicious meals in a pinch. —Lindsay Curtis, Health, 6 Mar. 2026

Steamy bowls of comforting chicken noodle soup. —Kari Barnett, Sun Sentinel, 3 Mar. 2026

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