broth

American  

[brawth, broth] / brɔθ, brɒθ /

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.

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idioms

1. broth of a boy,  a sturdy youth.

broth British  

/ brɒθ /

noun

1. a soup made by boiling meat, fish, vegetables, etc, in water

2. another name for stock

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broth More Idioms  

1. see too many cooks spoil the broth.

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Other Word Forms

• brothy adjective

Etymology

Origin of broth

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

Example Sentences

Restaurants have become a source, too, after bones from a rack of barbecue ribs produced her best broth so far.

From The Wall Street Journal

Basically, the recipe is asking cooks to simmer their rabbit or chicken in its own broth, enrich it with ground almonds, sweeten with sugar and ginger and serve it forth.

From Salon

To mitigate the cost, he considered a frozen pie in lieu of a fresh one, and store-brand chicken broth.

From The Wall Street Journal

Rich broth thickened with bread, dusted with paprika, spiked with bits of cured ham, with a poached egg to mix in.

From Salon

The noma "touch" owes much to fermentation -- which can render even pine edible -- as well as to its sophisticated broths.

From Barron's

Related Words

• bouillon
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