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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Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 12 Nov. 2025
Many soup recipes are made with good-for-you, healing ingredients and lemon fits right into that.
—Cameron Beall, Southern Living, 12 Nov. 2025
Dice carrots to add to soups, stews, and stir-fries.
—Lindsay Curtis, Health, 12 Nov. 2025
The Thanksgiving meal kit serves six people for $200 and includes butternut squash soup, turkey with gravy, stuffing, roasted green beans and carrots, mashed potatoes, cranberry sauce and pumpkin praline cheesecake.
—Bradley Hohulin, IndyStar, 11 Nov. 2025
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“Soup.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/soup. Accessed 17 Nov. 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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