soup

noun
UK: /suːp/
US: /suːp/

  1. A liquid food made by cooking meat, vegetables, or other ingredients in water.

    1. I had some soup for lunch today because it's cold. [ ] [ ]
    2. The restaurant is known for its hearty vegetable soup during the winter. [ ] [ ]

  2. A dense fog or heavy mist.

    1. The fog was so thick; it was like soup out there tonight. [ ] [ ]
    2. Driving through that soup near the coast was a challenge yesterday morning. [ ] [ ]

  3. A difficult or messy situation.

    1. He's in the soup now because he skipped work again. [ ] [ ]
    2. The company is in deep soup after the accounting errors were revealed last week. [ ] [ ]

Synonyms

broth stew fog mist predicament trouble
soup transitive-verb

  1. To increase the power or efficiency of an engine or machine.

    1. He souped up his old car to make it faster for the race. [ ] [ ]
    2. They souped up the computer's graphics card to improve gaming performance. [ ] [ ]

Frequently Asked Questions

The word "soup" in English means: A liquid food made by cooking meat, vegetables, or other ingredients in water., A dense fog or heavy mist., A difficult or messy situation..

The phonetic transcription of "soup" is /suːp/ in British English and /suːp/ in American English. Click the 🔊 button to hear both pronunciations.

Synonyms for "soup": broth, stew, fog, mist, predicament, trouble.

Example usage of "soup": "I had some soup for lunch today because it's cold.". More examples on the page.