broth
Americannoun
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broths
plural
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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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I think it’s a perfect blend of broth and roast.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026
At this point, the broth isn’t there to create the flavor.
From Salon ● Sep. 28, 2026
Some soups depend on freshness, delicacy or a particularly clean broth, and I’ll get to those.
From Salon ● Sep. 28, 2026
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
With five swift strokes, she cuts it into pieces and adds them to the steaming broth.
From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein
Campbell’s saw gains in demand for the broths that it sells, as cautious consumers try to cook more meals at home more quickly — generally, in less than 30 minutes.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 3, 2026
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
When he was home, Tata was nice to him, prepared him special broths, cooked him creamy rice with milk.
From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago
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