Broth

//bɹɔθ// noun

noun ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Water in which food (meat, vegetable, etc.) has been boiled. uncountable

    "A compound of galanga, cubebs, sparrow wort, cardamoms, nutmeg, gillyflowers, Indian thistle, laurel seeds, cloves, Persian pepper is made into a drink. Taken twice daily morning and night, in pigeon or fowl broth, preceded and followed by eater. The result, according to Arab tradition, is an effective aphrodisiac."

  2. 2
    a thin soup of meat or fish or vegetable stock wordnet
  3. 3
    A soup made from broth and other ingredients such as vegetables, herbs or diced meat. countable
  4. 4
    liquid in which meat and vegetables are simmered; used as a basis for e.g. soups or sauces wordnet

Synonyms

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stockbisqueborschtbouillabaissebouillonbouillon

Example

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"I do not eat meat, fish, shellfish, poultry or broth."

Etymology

From Middle English broth, from Old English broþ (“broth”), from Proto-West Germanic *broþ (“broth”), from Proto-Germanic *bruþą (“broth”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrewh₁- (“to seethe, roil, brew”). Akin to Old English breowan (“to brew”), equivalent to brew + -th (abstract nominal suffix).

Related phrases

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