soup

Definition

  • noun: a food made by cooking vegetables, meat, or fish in a large amount of liquid
  • noun: a liquid food especially with a meat, fish, or vegetable stock as a base and often containing pieces of solid food
  • synonyms: potage, pottage, broth

Examples

  • The book provides a 'soup to nuts' look at the current political scene.

  • The entire procedure 'from soup to nuts' is changing.

  • The trip was 'duck soup' for experienced travelers.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) First the Hawaiians. And now you. What kind of a pizza place only serves kind of pizza. Must be a San Francisco thing. Still, it's not as bad as the soup at that diner in Nebraska. Oh, yeah. The spoon stood up in the soup by itself. We're good. Family's running. (..)
    2015 Inside Out