chicken noodle soup

noun

: a soup made with chicken broth, chicken, and noodles and often with chopped vegetables

Feeling a cold coming on? There's a good chance your parents might make you a hot bowl of chicken noodle soup. While the dish isn't a cure for the cold or flu, doctors do think the soup might be good for stuffy noses.—

Kay Boatner

Fortunately, the old standard of salty canned chicken noodle soup has some competition with today's variety of vegetable- and grain-filled soups with a healthier nutrient profile.—

Heidi McIndoo

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Soup is easy and versatile, from chicken noodle soup for a sick day to chili for game days. —

Cameron Beall, Southern Living, 18 Jan. 2025 Progresso has come up with a new way for soup lovers to consume chicken noodle soup this cold and flu season. —

Gabe Hauari, USA TODAY, 16 Jan. 2025 Long gone are the days of only turning to a can of chicken noodle soup. —

Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 8 Jan. 2025 Like this homey twist on chicken noodle soup, featuring fall-apart kabocha squash and a big scoop of miso. —

Kendra Vaculin, Bon Appétit, 1 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for chicken noodle soup

Word History

First Known Use

1889, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of chicken noodle soup was in 1889

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