BIRD'S NEST SOUP

Meaning of BIRD'S NEST SOUP in English

Function: noun

Date: 1818

: a soup made with the nest of a swiftlet (esp. Collocalia fuciphaga ) that builds it using a glutinous secretion from its salivary glands

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BIRD'S NEST SOUP — noun Date: 1818 a soup made with the nest of a swiftlet (especially Collocalia fuciphaga ) that builds it using …
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BIRD'S-NEST SOUP — a Chinese soup made from the mucilaginous lining of the nests of the Asiatic swift. [ 1870-75 ]
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BIRD'S NEST SOUP — Date: 1818 : a soup made with the nest of a swiftlet (especially Collocalia fuciphaga ) that builds it using …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
BIRD'S NEST SOUP — ■ noun (in Chinese cookery) a soup made from the dried gelatinous coating of the nests of swifts and other …
Concise Oxford English vocab
BIRD'S NEST SOUP — [bird's nest soup] n (1871): a soup made with the nests of small cave-nesting swifts (genus Collocalia) that build them …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
BIRD'S NEST SOUP — noun [ U ] a type of Chinese soup, made from a substance that is found in birds' nests
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
NEST — Structure built by an animal as a permanent home or for bearing and rearing offspring. The social insects build systems …
Английский словарь Британика
BIRD — I Any of the warm-blooded, beaked A covering of feather s distinguishes birds from all other animals. Birds have a …
Английский словарь Британика
SOUP — I. ˈsüp noun ( -s ) Etymology: French soupe, from Old French, of Germanic origin; akin to Old Norse soppa …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
NEST — I. ˈnest noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from Old English; akin to Middle Dutch & …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BIRD
Webster's New International English Dictionary
NEST — (n.) A snug, comfortable, or cozy residence or situation; a retreat, or place of habitual resort; hence, those who occupy …
Английский словарь Webster
NEST — ( n. ) A snug, comfortable, or cozy residence or situation; a retreat, or place of habitual resort; hence, those …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SOUP — — soupless , adj. — souplike , adj. /soohp/ , n. 1. a liquid food made by boiling or simmering …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
NEST — — nestable , adj. — nester , n. — nestlike , adj. — nesty , adj. /nest/ , n. 1. …
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BIRD
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
NEST — I. ˈnest noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English; akin to Old High German nest nest, Latin nidus Date: before …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SOUP — noun Etymology: Middle English soupe, from Anglo-French supe sop, soup, of Germanic origin; akin to Old Norse soppa soup, Old …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SOUP — vt to breathe out. 2. soup ·vt to sup or swallow. 3. soup ·vt to sweep. ·see sweep, and swoop. …
Webster English vocab
NEST — vi to build and occupy a nest. 2. nest ·vt to put into a nest; to form a nest for. …
Webster English vocab
BIRD — noun fig.: a girl; a maiden. 2. bird ·vi to catch or shoot birds. 3. bird ·noun specifically, among sportsmen, …
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SOUP — [soup] n [ME soupe, fr. MF, sop, soup, of Gmc origin; akin to ON soppa soup, OE sopp sop--more at …
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NEST — [nest] n [ME, fr. OE; akin to OHG nest nest, L nidus] (bef. 12c) 1 a: a bed or receptacle …
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BIRD — [bird] n, often attrib [ME, fr. OE bridd] (bef. 12c) 1 archaic: the young of a feathered vertebrate 2: any …
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SOUP — liquid food prepared by cooking meat, poultry, fish, legumes, or vegetables with seasonings in water, stock, milk, or some other …
Britannica English vocabulary
BIRD — warm-blooded vertebrate of the class Aves, unique in having feathers and forelimbs modified into wings. The dispersal of birds is …
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SOUP — soup BrE AmE suːp ▷ soups suːps ▶ ˈ soup ˌ kitchen BrE AmE ▶ ˈ soup spoon BrE AmE
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
NEST — nest, Nest BrE AmE nest ▷ nested ˈnest ɪd -əd ▷ nesting ˈnest ɪŋ ▷ nests nests ▶ ˈ nest …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
BIRD — bird, Bird BrE AmE bɜːd AmE bɝːd ▷ birding ˈbɜːd ɪŋ AmE ˈbɝːd ɪŋ ▷ birds bɜːdz AmE \ bɝːdz …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
SOUP — / suːp; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun [ U , C ] a liquid food made by boiling …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
NEST — / nest; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun 1. [ C ] a hollow place or structure that a …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BIRD — / bɜːd; NAmE bɜːrd/ noun 1. a creature that is covered with feathers and has two wings and two legs. …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SOUP — I. soup 1 S3 /suːp/ BrE AmE noun [uncountable and countable] [ Date: 1600-1700 ; Language: French ; Origin: soupe …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
NEST — I. nest 1 /nest/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Language: Old English ] 1 . BIRDS a place made or …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SOUP — n. & v. --n. 1 a usu. savoury liquid dish made by boiling meat, fish, or vegetables etc. in stock …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
NEST — n. & v. --n. 1 a structure or place where a bird lays eggs and shelters its young. 2 an …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
BIRD — n. 1 a feathered vertebrate with a beak, with two wings and two feet, egg-laying and usu. able to fly. …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SOUP — n. & v. n. 1 a usu. savoury liquid dish made by boiling meat, fish, or vegetables etc. in stock …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
NEST — n. & v. n. 1 a structure or place where a bird lays eggs and shelters its young. 2 an …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
BIRD — n. 1 a feathered vertebrate with a beak, with two wings and two feet, egg-laying and usu. able to fly. …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SOUP — n. & v. --n. 1. a usu. savoury liquid dish made by boiling meat, fish, or vegetables etc. in stock …
Oxford English vocab
NEST — n. & v. --n. 1. a structure or place where a bird lays eggs and shelters its young. 2 an …
Oxford English vocab
BIRD — n.1 a feathered vertebrate with a beak, with two wings and two feet, egg-laying and usu. able to fly. 2 …
Oxford English vocab
SOUP — ( soups) Soup is liquid food made by boiling meat, fish, or vegetables in water. ...home-made chicken soup. N-MASS : …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
NEST — ( nests, nesting, nested) 1. A bird’s nest is the home that it makes to lay its eggs in. I …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SOUP — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a soup/cereal/pudding bowl (= for eating soup, cereal etc from ) ▪ These work well …
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
NEST — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a bird builds a nest ▪ By March many birds have already built nests. …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
BIRD — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a bird's/eagle's/crow's etc nest ▪ an abandoned bird's nest bird dog bird flu bird of …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SOUP — [noun] - liquid food, usually made by cooking vegetables and sometimes also meat or fish in watervegetable/chicken/oxtail/fish/tomato soup [U]hot/cold soup …
Cambridge English vocab
BIRD — (PERSON) [noun] [C] - (informal) a person of the type stated, or (UK and ANZ slang) a (young) woman(informal) He's …
Cambridge English vocab
BIRD — n. elephant bird bird of prey bird stone bird's foot trefoil Bird Larry Joe bird of paradise bird watching frigate …
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Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
SOUP — n 1. something worthless, hopeless, useless, etc. Derived from the common United States military phrase "Ate up like a soup …
Slang English vocab
SOUP — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ creamy , hearty , thick ▪ hearty vegetable ~ ▪ clear , thin ▪ cold , hot …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
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NEST — n. 25B6; noun the birds built a nest : ROOST, eyrie. the animals disperse rapidly from the nest : LAIR, …
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SOUP — I сущ. 1) суп to eat soup ≈ есть суп to make soup ≈ готовить суп a bowl, cup of …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
NEST — 1. сущ. 1) гнездо 2) выводок; рой; семья, колония (о птицах, насекомых и т. п.) take a nest Syn : …
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SOUP — soup.ogg _I su:p n 1. суп; пхлёбка cream soup - суп-пюре cabbage soup - щи fish soup - рыбный суп, …
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