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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Similar to potatoes, they can be baked, boiled, fried, or added to soups and stews.
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Brie Stimson, FOXNews.com, 10 May 2026
In the evening, dine on garden-fresh soups, tasty burgers, and cooked-to-order steaks.
—Jess Hoffert, Midwest Living, 9 May 2026
Similar to potatoes, they can be baked, boiled, fried, or added to soups and stews.
—Cori Sears, The Spruce, 9 May 2026
New items include a smash burger with bacon, cheese and thousand island dressing on a pretzel bun, a three cheese sandwich and roasted tomato soup, a turkey, bacon and Swiss cheese sandwich and a cob salad with habanero pork belly.
—Carlos Rico, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 May 2026
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“Soup.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/soup. Accessed 14 May. 2026.
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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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