chicken soup

noun

plural chicken soups

: a soup that has chicken broth as its base

Perhaps the most commonly served food of Passover is chicken soup with matzo balls …

—Frances Jaques

At the same time, from the Americas to Asia, from Eastern Europe to the Levant and Africa, chicken soups have the qualities and tastes that make every culture deliciously unique.

—Leslie Brenner

You doubt the healing power of chicken soup? Well, try to find a culture that doesn't make chicken soup at the drip of a nose.

—Kathleen Purvis

often, specifically : chicken noodle soup

The best chicken soup in the world was made by my maternal grandmother. On icy winter Saturdays …, my reward was chicken noodle soup for lunch.

—Judy Schultz

This is a good season for homemade chicken soup. … If I were you, I'd add the chicken pieces before the noodles.

—Mary Keith

Examples of chicken soup in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

What had faded from memory, I Googled, relying on recipes from Caribbean websites and cooks, especially for curry goat, chicken soup, and red pea soup. —Vicky Gayle, refinery29.com, 9 July 2024

What had faded from memory, I Googled, relying on recipes from Caribbean websites and cooks, especially for curry goat, chicken soup and red pea soup. —Vicky Gayle, refinery29.com, 9 July 2024

The chicken soup is another highlight, a warm, comforting hug in a mug. —Arati Menon, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 June 2024

Laura willingly seeds a pomegranate, a task that has stained my kitchen walls many a time, while Kévin decides on a mashup of French onion and chicken soup. —Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 15 May 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1733, in the meaning defined above