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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Sanchez was on the way to the grocery store to make soup for his family.
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Madison E. Goldberg, People.com, 29 May 2025
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Belisario asked Louisiana Representative John Kennedy about Watters' soup rule.
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De La Sirène in The Wizarding World of Harry Potter - Ministry of Magic, where the menu includes French onion soup, quiche Lorraine, and a Butterbeer crepe.
—Susan B. Barnes, AFAR Media, 22 May 2025
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Madison E. Goldberg, People.com, 29 May 2025
Israel Sanchez was on his way to the grocery store to make soup for his family and never came home.
—Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 29 May 2025
Belisario asked Louisiana Representative John Kennedy about Watters' soup rule.
—Marni Rose McFall, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 May 2025
De La Sirène in The Wizarding World of Harry Potter - Ministry of Magic, where the menu includes French onion soup, quiche Lorraine, and a Butterbeer crepe.
—Susan B. Barnes, AFAR Media, 22 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for soup
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“Soup.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/soup. Accessed 3 Jun. 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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