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# soup

noun (soup, soups)

«soup» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Soup is a hot liquid food made by cooking vegetables, meat, fish or other foods in water or stock. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/soup/#m1)
2. «In the soup» (informal) means in trouble. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/soup/#m2)

### In the lessons

Maths: an amount in bowls, cans, cups or liters; servings shared: bowls = total ÷ size of one bowl. Everyday: tomato soup, chicken soup, vegetable soup, a soup spoon, soup kitchen (free meals for people in need). Health: soup when you have a cold.

### Examples

- A pot holds 4 liters of soup. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/soup/#x1)
- Each bowl holds 250 mL of soup. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/soup/#x2)
- She bought 6 cans of soup. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/soup/#x3)
- How many bowls can be filled from the pot? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/soup/#x4)
- Blow on your soup if it's too hot. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/soup/#x5)
- Grandma's chicken soup makes me feel better. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/soup/#x6)
- We eat soup with a big round spoon. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/soup/#x7)
- The soup kitchen gives free meals every day. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/soup/#x8)
- For dinner the Fox served soup. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/soup/#x9)

### Note

Usually uncountable: some soup, a bowl of soup; «soups» for kinds. Total soup ÷ size of one bowl = bowls. Trap: change liters to milliliters first (1 L = 1000 mL). We «eat» soup with a spoon (or «drink» it from a cup).

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «soup» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/soup/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«soup» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/soup.html) on Mova free.