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 Word Forms

• brothy 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.

see too many cooks spoil the broth.

Example Sentences

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.

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

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

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

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Chicken and Dumplings float in a thyme-scented broth enriched with cream; the fluffy buttermilk dumplings melt in your mouth.

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Related Words

• bouillon 
• chowder 
• porridge 
• puree