broth
Americannoun
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broths
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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.
idioms
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
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Savory cocktails have become de rigueur in recent years, and if we’re willing to sip olive or oyster brine, why not try some broth in your drink?
From Slate ● Aug. 10, 2026
A warm bowl of my mother’s homemade soup, complete with a pack of instant noodles bathed in a gingery collagen-rich bone broth and topped with fresh corn, bok choy and a soft-boiled egg, was medicine.
From Salon ● Jul. 19, 2026
That strong flavor coats the noodles and produces a delicious, equally concentrated broth.
From Salon ● Jul. 19, 2026
Like a vigilant parent, he has tended the broth from morning until night since gaining custody two decades ago.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026
All the leaves wilted and shrank until they all disappeared into the broth.
From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri
One trigger people tend to forget: red-meat stock used in a lot of sauces and broths in restaurants.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 2026
The noma "touch" owes much to fermentation -- which can render even pine edible -- as well as to its sophisticated broths.
From Barron's ● Nov. 2, 2025
Diners in Haidilao use their own personal hotpot equipment to cook their food, and broths are not re-used again for other customers.
From BBC ● Mar. 13, 2025
We also encourage home cooks to embrace the whole ingredient, such as using fish bones for stock or vegetable peels for broths.
From Salon ● Aug. 12, 2024
The neighbors brought in all sorts of broths and jellies to try to tempt the little fellow.
From "Mr. Popper's Penguins" by Florence Atwater and Richard Atwater
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