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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Begin lunch with a silky French onion soup with gruyere gratin, continue with cacio e pepe with housemade mafalda pasta with truffle butter and finish with brown-butter chocolate-chunk cookie with vanilla ice cream.
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Phillip Valys, Sun Sentinel, 25 July 2025
Remove bay leaf and serve in heated soup plates; garnish with watercress.
—Philip Potempa, Chicago Tribune, 25 July 2025
According to the Vietnamese Department of Tourism, the soup is the country’s most popular dish.
—Zuri Primos
july 22, Kansas City Star, 22 July 2025
The chef-owner, Jarrett Stieber, draws on his Jewish heritage and Atlanta roots to update classic Southern dishes, like chicken meatballs with congee drizzled with a Manischewitz glaze and a turnip-green soup with kimchi, pickled carrots, and matzo.
—Lia Picard, Travel + Leisure, 14 July 2025
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Phillip Valys, Sun Sentinel, 25 July 2025
Remove bay leaf and serve in heated soup plates; garnish with watercress.
—Philip Potempa, Chicago Tribune, 25 July 2025
According to the Vietnamese Department of Tourism, the soup is the country’s most popular dish.
—Zuri Primos
july 22, Kansas City Star, 22 July 2025
The chef-owner, Jarrett Stieber, draws on his Jewish heritage and Atlanta roots to update classic Southern dishes, like chicken meatballs with congee drizzled with a Manischewitz glaze and a turnip-green soup with kimchi, pickled carrots, and matzo.
—Lia Picard, Travel + Leisure, 14 July 2025
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“Soup.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/soup. Accessed 4 Aug. 2025.
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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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