soup

soup · noun

imported

Definitions

noun

  1. 1.

    A liquid dish, typically made by boiling meat, vegetables, or fish in stock or water.

  2. 2.

    [as verb, informal]To increase the power of something.

Forms

plural: soups

Phrases & expressions

  • •
    from soup to nuts — From beginning to end.
  • •
    in the soup — In trouble.

Related words

See also: broth, meal, stew
Synonyms: broth, stew

Etymology

From Old French soupe ("soup, broth"), from Late Latin suppa ("bread soaked in broth").