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

The key to this greens-packed soup recipe is its base: a broth made from the stems of greens — kale, escarole, broccoli — plus spinach.

From Los Angeles Times • May 25, 2026

Add another splash of broth or water if it becomes too thick.

From Salon • May 19, 2026

That fuel, the music itself, lends these imaginings a unique power, surpassing that of any other memory trigger—your grandmother’s chicken broth, for instance, or the sitcoms of your youth.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

In his desire to leave "no stone unturned", last year Baker revealed he drinks bone broth to help stave off the stress fractures that dogged his teenage years.

From BBC • Apr. 30, 2026

She placed a cup to my mouth and I drank a hot broth.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff

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