soup
noun (soup, soups)
Everyday
- Soup is a hot liquid food made by cooking vegetables, meat, fish or other foods in water or stock. tree →
- «In the soup» (informal) means in trouble. tree →
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 →
- Each bowl holds 250 mL of soup. tree →
- She bought 6 cans of soup. tree →
- How many bowls can be filled from the pot? tree →
- Blow on your soup if it's too hot. tree →
- Grandma's chicken soup makes me feel better. tree →
- We eat soup with a big round spoon. tree →
- The soup kitchen gives free meals every day. tree →
- For dinner the Fox served soup. tree →
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: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- «soup» in the school dictionary on Mova free.
This page in Markdown → https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/soup/