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ALPHABET SOUP
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Soup that contains small noodles in the shape of letters of the alphabet
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Hypernyms ("alphabet soup" is a kind of...):
soup (liquid food especially of meat or fish or vegetable stock often containing pieces of solid food)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A confusing assortment
Example:
Roosevelt created an alphabet soup of federal agencies
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("alphabet soup" is a kind of...):
assortment; miscellanea; miscellany; mixed bag; mixture; motley; potpourri; salmagundi; smorgasbord; variety (a collection containing a variety of sorts of things)
