SOPS
sop, sops
(noun) piece of solid food for dipping in a liquid
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
SOPs
plural of SOP
Anagrams
• OPSS, PSOs, SPSO, poss, poss., psso
Noun
sops
plural of sop
Verb
sops
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of sop
Anagrams
• OPSS, PSOs, SPSO, poss, poss., psso
Source: Wiktionary
SOP
Sop, n. Etym: [OE. sop, soppe; akin to AS. s to sup, to sip, to
drink, D. sop sop, G. suppe soup, Icel. soppa sop. See Sup, v. t.,
and cf. Soup.]
1. Anything steeped, or dipped and softened, in any liquid;
especially, something dipped in broth or liquid food, and intended to
be eaten.
He it is to whom I shall give a sop, when I have dipped it. John
xiii. 26.
Sops in wine, quantity, inebriate more than wine itself. Bacon.
The bounded waters Should lift their bosoms higher than the shores,
And make a sop of all this solid globe. Shak.
2. Anything given to pacify; -- so called from the sop given to
Cerberus, as related in mythology.
All nature is cured with a sop. L'Estrange.
3. A thing of little or no value. [Obs.] P. Plowman. Sops in wine
(Bot.), an old name of the clove pink, alluding to its having been
used to flavor wine.
Garlands of roses and sops in wine. Spenser.
– Sops of wine (Bot.), an old European variety of apple, of a yellow
and red color, shading to deep red; -- called also sopsavine, and red
shropsavine.
Sop, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sopped; p. pr. & vb. n. Sopping.]
Definition: To steep or dip in any liquid.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition