broth

[ brawth, broth ]

noun

1. thin soup of concentrated meat or fish stock.
2. water that has been boiled with meat, fish, vegetables, or barley.
3. Bacteriology. a liquid medium containing nutrients suitable for culturing microorganisms.

broth

/ brɒθ /

noun

1. a soup made by boiling meat, fish, vegetables, etc, in water
2. another name for stock

Other Words From

• brothy adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of broth¹

before 1000; Middle English, Old English; cognate with Old Norse broth, Old High German brod; akin to brew

Word History and Origins

Origin of broth¹

Old English broth ; related to Old Norse broth , Old High German brod , German brodeln to boil; see brew

Idioms and Phrases

Idioms

1. broth of a boy, a sturdy youth.

More idioms and phrases containing broth

see too many cooks spoil the broth .

Example Sentences

They are then blended with chicken broth and that potion is thickened with cream.

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Quite unusually for a ramen restaurant, Totto is open for lunch (a typical ramen broth slow cooks for up to 12 hours).

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After determining that the bee pollen and mushroom broth were inedible, the “detox” quickly went downhill.

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Since I don't like mushrooms, the broth was immediately out of question for me.

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A couple of years before, he had applied his special broth of piquant newspaperese to the pages of Spin magazine.

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That dwell in sepulchres, and sleep in the temple of idols: that eat swine's flesh, and profane broth is in their vessels.

From Project Gutenberg

To each person a small basin of good beef broth, bien dorée, was served, and for the rest every man put his hand in the dish.

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Next day it was dressed; but the patient was allowed to take no nourishment beyond a little broth, with an egg.

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As the broth cooled it became as silver, reflecting all objects from its smooth surface like a mirror.

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Some take it to bee 'Planta Solis': of the seedes heereof they make both a kinde of bread and broth.

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Related Words

• bouillon
• chowder
• porridge
• puree