soup : Idioms & Phrases

• noun a confusing assortment
  
  • Roosevelt created an alphabet soup of federal agencies
• noun soup that contains small noodles in the shape of letters of the alphabet
  

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• noun soup made from chicken broth
  

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• noun any undertaking that is easy to do
  picnic; walkover; piece of cake; breeze; child's play; cinch; snap; pushover.
  
  • marketing this product will be no picnic

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• noun made by stirring beaten eggs into a simmering broth
  

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• noun made of fresh green peas and stock with shredded lettuce onion and celery
  potage St. Germain.
  

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• noun soup usually made of the flesh of green turtles
  green turtle soup.
  

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• noun made of stock and lentils with onions carrots and celery
  

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• noun soup made from a calf's head or other meat in imitation of green turtle soup
  

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• a soup made of calf's head, veal, or other meat, and condiments, in imitation of green turtle soup.

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• noun a soup made from the skinned tail of an ox
  

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• noun a thick soup made of dried peas (usually made into a puree)
  
• noun a heavy thick yellow fog
  pea-souper.
  

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• noun a bowl for serving soup
  

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• noun the soup that a restaurant is featuring on a given day
  

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• noun a place where food is dispensed to the needy
  

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• an establishment for preparing and supplying soup to the poor.

Webster 1913

• noun a ladle for serving soup
  

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• noun a deep plate with a wide rim
  

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• noun a spoon with a rounded bowl for eating soup
  soupspoon.
  

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• a ticket conferring the privilege of receiving soup at a soup kitchen.

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• verb make more powerful
  hop up; hot up.
  
  • he souped up the old cars

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• noun Pacific shark valued for its fins (used by Chinese in soup) and liver (rich in vitamin A)
  Galeorhinus zyopterus; soupfin shark; soupfin.
  

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• noun slang for a mustache
  toothbrush.
  

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• noun made of stock and split peas with onions carrots and celery
  

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• noun soup usually made of the flesh of green turtles
  green turtle soup.
  

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• noun soup made with a variety of vegetables
  minestrone; petite marmite.
  

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• noun a soup with won ton dumplings
  wonton; won ton.
  

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