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soup

US /sup/

noun Core · B1 Ăn uống

Definition

liquid food especially of meat or fish or vegetable stock often containing pieces of solid food

Tested in TOEIC business and workplace contexts.

Examples

The soup of the day is tomato with fresh basil.

Synonyms

  • brothliquid in which meat and vegetables are simmered; used as a basis for e.g. soups or sauces
  • chowdera thick soup or stew made with milk and bacon and onions and potatoes

Collocations

  • Easy hot soup
    describing hot soup (used of physical heat; having a high or higher than desirable temperature or giving off heat or feeling or causing a sensation of heat or burning)
  • Medium soup of the day on the lunch menu
    to soup of the day on the lunch menu, meaning to dope (a racehorse)
  • Hard soup kitchen for community relief
    to soup kitchen for community relief, meaning to dope (a racehorse)
  • Very Hard from soup to nuts
    indicating the source, starting point, or origin of soup to nuts

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