blueberry soup

2.9

A cold or warm soup made mainly from blueberries and often served as a dessert

noun
/ˈbluːˌbɛri suːp/

: sopa de arándano

The chef garnished the blueberry soup with a swirl of cream and mint leaves.

Examples

You can serve blueberry soup either warm or cold, depending on your preference.
On hot days, blueberry soup makes a refreshing start to a meal.
I love blueberry soup!
Have you tried blueberry soup before?
On hot days, blueberry soup makes a refreshing start to a meal.
The chef garnished the blueberry soup with a swirl of cream and fresh mint leaves.
You can serve blueberry soup chilled as a delightful dessert.

Synonyms

soup

vsblueberry soup

733 1.0

A hot dish of meat, fish, or vegetables cooked in water

is a specific chilled dish made mainly from that fruit and often sweet

Surface Forms

blueberry soup singular

blueberry soups plural

Morphology

blueberry + soup

The meaning 'a soup made from blueberries' is directly and compositionally derived from combining 'blueberry' (the fruit) with 'soup' (a liquid food), so the referent is transparent to someone who knows both words. This food-noun compounding pattern is common in English and cross-linguistically predictable, so a B1 learner would readily understand the phrase without prior exposure.

Etymology

Blueberry soup gets its name from a simple picture: a soup made mainly from blueberries, often sweet and served cold or warm. That's why the name means 'a sweet or savory soup made from blueberries'.