soup
Any of various dishes commonly made by combining liquids, such as water or stock, with other ingredients, such as meat and vegetables, that contribute the food value, flavor, and texture.
Noun 2 meanings
Any of various dishes commonly made by combining liquids, such as water or stock, with other ingredients, such as meat and vegetables, that contribute the food value, flavor, and texture.
“Pho is a traditional Vietnamese soup.”
Any mixture or substance suggestive of soup consistency.
Verb 2 meanings
To feed: to provide with soup or a meal.
To develop (film) in a (chemical) developing solution.
Etymology
The noun is from Middle English soupe, sowpe, from Old French soupe, souppe, sope, from Late Latin suppa (“sopped bread”), from Proto-Germanic *supô (compare Middle Dutch sope (“broth”)). Doublet of sop and zuppa. See also sup and supper. The verb is from the noun.
SOUP at a glance
SOUP has 4 letters and scores 6 points in Scrabble (S 1 + O 1 + U 1 + P 3) and 8 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #5,533 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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