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soup

Meaning in simple English, pronunciation and examples

Pronunciation: US /suːp/

Forms: soups

soup means: A liquid food made by cooking vegetables, meat, or other ingredients in water or a similar liquid.

noun

LIQUID FOODA1

A liquid food made by cooking vegetables, meat, or other ingredients in water or a similar liquid.

  • The soup is hot.
  • She made tomato soup for lunch.
  • Would you like some bread with your soup?

Common phrases: vegetable soup, bowl of soup, make soup, chicken soup

CHEMICAL MIXTUREC1

A thick liquid mixture, especially one containing chemicals thought to have helped life first develop.

  • Life may have begun in a chemical soup.
  • The experiment produced a thick soup of organic compounds.
  • Scientists studied how molecules formed in the primordial soup.

Similar words: mixture

Common phrases: primordial soup, chemical soup, organic soup

Questions about soup

What does soup mean?

A liquid food made by cooking vegetables, meat, or other ingredients in water or a similar liquid.

What is soup in other languages?

Türkçe: çorba · Español: sopa · Français: soupe · Deutsch: Suppe · Italiano: zuppa · 日本語: スープ

How do you pronounce soup?

It is pronounced /suːp/.

How do you use soup in a sentence?

The soup is hot. She made tomato soup for lunch.

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