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Soup

A liquid food of many kinds, usually made by boiling meat and vegetables, or either of them, in water, -- commonly seasoned or flavored; strong broth.

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Bisque 76% connected

Unglazed white porcelain.

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Broth 76% connected

Liquid in which flesh (and sometimes other substances, as barley or rice) has been boiled; thin or simple soup.

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Chowder 76% connected

A dish made of fresh fish or clams, biscuit, onions, etc., stewed together.

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Consomme 76% connected

A clear soup or bouillion boiled down so as to be very rich.

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Gumbo 76% connected

A soup thickened with the mucilaginous pods of the okra; okra soup.

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Julienne 76% connected

A kind of soup containing thin slices or shreds of carrots, onions, etc.

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Mulligatawny 76% connected

See Mullagatawny.

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Potage 76% connected

See Pottage.

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Pottage 76% connected

A kind of food made by boiling vegetables or meat, or both together, in water, until soft; a thick soup or porridge.

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Stock 76% connected

The stem, or main body, of a tree or plant; the fixed, strong, firm part; the trunk.

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Composition 76% connected

The act or art of composing, or forming a whole or integral, by placing together and uniting different things, parts, or ingredients.

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Dish 76% connected

A vessel, as a platter, a plate, a bowl, used for serving up food at the table.

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Position 76% connected

The state of being posited, or placed; the manner in which anything is placed; attitude; condition; as, a firm, an inclined, or an upright position.

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Situation 76% connected

Manner in which an object is placed; location, esp. as related to something else; position; locality site; as, a house in a pleasant situation.

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