Meaning of chicken soup | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Any soup made with either pieces of chicken or chicken broth as its main ingredient.
   countable, uncountable
2. A cure for a wide variety of illnesses or other problems.
   countable, figuratively, uncountable
3. A mixed-up mush.
   countable, figuratively, uncountable
4. The aqueous solution of nutrients used in the Viking lander biological experiments to detect microbial Martian life.
   countable, historical, slang, uncountable

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Examples

“He should have guessed that her great-great-grandmother's secret chicken soup recipe was a can from the store.”

“Chicken soup is proverbial as a wholesome food whose nutrients will help your body recover from illness.”

“Duct tape is the chicken soup of plumbing.”

“His hand got caught in a meat grinder and turned into chicken soup.”

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