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| soup [ soop ] |
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1. liquid food: a liquid food made by cooking meat, fish, vegetables, or other ingredients in water, milk, or stock
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2. something thick and swirling: something with the consistency or appearance of soup, especially a swirling liquid or dense fog
 the primordial soup of hydrogen, oxygen, and other gases
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3. U.S. explosive: nitroglycerin or gelignite
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| [Mid-17th century. Via French soupe< late Latin suppa< assumed suppare "soak"] |
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from soup to nuts used to emphasize the variety or the wide range of something
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in the soup in difficulties or trouble (informal)
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