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

Examples of chicken noodle soup in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Evidence of the latter was introduced in court through messages where Khorram allegedly arranged for Diddy’s luxury hotel suites to be stocked with items like baby oil, drugs, Gatorade, and even chicken noodle soup. —Amber Corrine, VIBE.com, 17 June 2025

Something beautifully simple followed: chicken noodle soup, its poultry-intense broth sharpened only by thin triangles of radish kimchi. —Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 31 May 2025

Poultry seasoning lends a lovely flavor that’s reminiscent of chicken noodle soup, while the peas and carrots add sweetness and pops of color. —Jasmine Smith, Southern Living, 9 Apr. 2025

My boyfriend orders chicken noodle soup and 2 egg rolls, one for me and one for him. —Virginia Chamlee, People.com, 21 Mar. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1889, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for chicken noodle soup

• coop
• coupe
• croup
• droop
• drupe
• dupe
• group
• hoop
• loop
• lupe
• oop
• poop