broth
Americannoun
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thin soup of concentrated meat or fish stock.
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water that has been boiled with meat, fish, vegetables, or barley.
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Bacteriology. a liquid medium containing nutrients suitable for culturing microorganisms.
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noun
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a soup made by boiling meat, fish, vegetables, etc, in water
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another name for stock
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Etymology
Origin of broth
before 1000; Middle English, Old English; cognate with Old Norse broth, Old High German brod; akin to brew
Example Sentences
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Over the years, he grew to think of the Miracle Broth as almost his own child.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 2026
La Mer claims the secret powers of its bestselling products are unlocked in a lab where chemists brew–and DJ for–the ‘Miracle Broth.’
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 2026
Broth, of course, has more flavor, but water works too if you’re out.
From Washington Post • Aug. 14, 2022
The two terms are used interchangeably for recipes like chicken noodle soup, chicken pot pie, or Golden Chicken Broth with Real Egg Noodles, but chicken stock and chicken broth are not the same thing.
From Salon • May 24, 2022
She pointed her keys at Heather’s Bucket of Broth.
From "Landscape with Invisible Hand" by M.T. Anderson
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