soup
[noun]
Synonyms: predicament, box, corner, dilemma, fix, hole, jam, pickle, plight, scrape

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

I. soup¹ S3 /suːp/ noun [uncountable and countable]
[Date: 1600-1700; Language: French; Origin: soupe 'piece of bread dipped in liquid, soup']

1. cooked liquid food, often containing small pieces of meat, fish, or vegetables:
homemade tomato soup

2. be in the soup informal to be in trouble

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

II. soup² verb
[Date: 1900-2000; Origin: Probably from soup 'drug given to a horse to make it run faster' (1900-2000), from ⇒ soup¹]
soup something ↔ up phrasal verb informal
to improve something, especially a car, by making it more powerful

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

soup
noun
ADJ. chunky, creamy, hearty, thick hearty vegetable soup
clear, thin | hot | cold | home-made | condensed, dried, packet, tinned | chicken, tomato, etc.
QUANT. bowl, cup, mug | packet, tin
VERB + SOUP cook, make, prepare | bring to the boil, heat (up), simmer | have We had a cold cucumber soup as a starter.
drink, eat (Eat is the normal verb when the soup is served in a bowl.) | slurp Don't slurp your soup!
ladle (out), serve He ladled out three bowls of soup.
SOUP + NOUN bowl, dish, plate, tureen | spoon | kitchen (= a place where soup and other food is supplied free to people with no money)
PHRASES a bowl/cup/mug of soup, a packet/tin of soup
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[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

soup

chicken/tomato etc soup
We both had chicken soup.
hot
They serve hot soup from mobile kitchens.
thick
Lunch consisted of a thick vegetable soup.
creamy
A rich creamy potato soup starts the meal.
homemade
Homemade soup can be had for $2.50 a bowl.
canned (also tinned British English)
She heated up some tinned soup.
a bowl of soup
Could I have a bowl of soup?
a cup/mug of soup
He got a cup of soup from the machine.
a can of soup (also a tin of soup British English)
I opened a can of mushroom soup.
a soup bowl/plate
Russell pushed his empty soup bowl away.
a soup spoon (=a spoon with a rounder part that you eat from than an ordinary spoon)
a soup tureen (=a large bowl with a lid, from which soup is served)
She lifted the lid of the soup tureen.
eat/drink soup
We chatted as we ate our spinach soup.
ladle soup out/into a bowl (=serve it using a large spoon)
Ladle the soup into warm bowls and garnish with parsley.

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

soup
̈ɪsu:p
See: in the soup

[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲