soup
US /sup/
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 soupdescribing 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 menuto soup of the day on the lunch menu, meaning to dope (a racehorse)
- Hard soup kitchen for community reliefto soup kitchen for community relief, meaning to dope (a racehorse)
- Very Hard from soup to nutsindicating the source, starting point, or origin of soup to nuts
Learner's English edition · Curated definitions for TOEIC learners.