Soup (Noun)
Meaning 1
Liquid food especially of meat or fish or vegetable stock often containing pieces of solid food.
Classification
Nouns denoting foods and drinks.
Examples
- She heated up a bowl of soup for lunch.
- The chef added some cream to the soup to give it a richer flavor.
- The soup kitchen served hundreds of people every day.
- The restaurant's specialty was a creamy tomato soup made with fresh basil.
- After being sick for a week, all she could stomach was a warm bowl of chicken noodle soup.
Hyponyms
Meaning 2
Any composition having a consistency suggestive of soup.
Classification
Nouns denoting substances.
Examples
- The mechanic's hands were covered in a thick soup of grease and grime after working on the engine.
- The mixture of paint and thinner formed a colorful soup that needed to be stirred constantly.
- The polluted river had become a toxic soup of chemicals and waste.
- The fog rolled in, creating a thick soup of mist that obscured the city streets.
- The mixture of mud and water on the trail had become a slippery soup that made hiking difficult.
Meaning 3
An unfortunate situation; "we're in the soup now".
Classification
Nouns denoting natural processes.