chicken soup
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chicken soup
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The figurative sense comes from the fact that the soup is a folk remedy for colds.
noun chicken soups
- Any soup made with either pieces of chicken or chicken broth as its main ingredient. He should have guessed that her great-great-grandmother's secret chicken soup recipe was a can from the store.
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A cure for a wide variety of illnesses or other problems.
Duct tape is the chicken soup of plumbing.
Similar: chicken noodle soup, panacea
- A mixed-up mush. His hand got caught in a meat grinder and turned into chicken soup.
- The aqueous solution of nutrients used in the Viking lander biological experiments to detect microbial Martian life.
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noun soup with chicken as main ingredient
| Español | sopa de pollo, caldo de pollo |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | チキンスープ chikinsūpu |
| 中文 | 雞湯 /鸡汤 jītāng |
| Português | canja |
| Français | soupe de poulet |
| Deutsch | Hühnersuppe |
| Italiano | brodo |
| Ελληνικά | κοτόσουπα kotósoupa |
| Русский | кури́ный суп kurínyj sup |
Talk about this word "chicken soup." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/chicken%20soup. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. chicken soup. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/chicken%20soup "chicken soup." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/chicken%20soup.Cite this
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title = {chicken soup},
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