turtle soup
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6.3
- noun
- /ˈtɜːrtəl suːp/
:
sopa de tortuga
- Many fine restaurants in the city offer turtle soup as a specialty dish.
- make turtle soup
- mock turtle soup
Examples
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Give the gentleman a towel and a basin of turtle soup.
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Let me buy you some turtle soup.
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We were going to have turtle soup.
Fiction book (2000) -
I had turtle soup for the first time, and I loved it.
Blog text (5) -
We ate turtle soup and played gin on rainy afternoons at the country club.
Fiction book (1992) -
The turtle soup, even with floating bits of meat, wasn't the meal he was waiting for.
Fiction book (2001) -
It was on the menu, too—and Daddy ordered the turtle soup.
Fiction book (1997) -
For a unique dining experience, we decided to try turtle soup at the traditional seafood festival.
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During our trip to Louisiana, we enjoyed a bowl of rich turtle soup made with fresh ingredients.
Synonyms
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1.0
A hot dish of meat, fish, or vegetables cooked in water
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7.5
A soup made from the meat of green turtles, often served as a special food
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a soup made from turtle' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'turtle' (a reptile) and 'soup' (an edible liquid dish); it denotes a soup whose primary ingredient is turtle. This follows common culinary noun-noun compounding patterns (e.g., 'chicken soup'), so a B1 learner who knows both words would readily infer the meaning.
Etymology
Turtle soup began as a literal name: cooks made soup from the meat of a turtle, often for special, rich meals. So, 'turtle soup' means a soup made from turtle meat and is thought of as a special dish, though it is now less common on modern menus.