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noun
Water in which food (meat, vegetable, etc.) has been boiled.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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Synonyms: bouillon, liquor, pot liquor, stock
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A soup made from broth and other ingredients such as vegetables, herbs or diced meat.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
a thin soup of meat or fish or vegetable stock
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: soup
Narrower terms: barley water, bouillon
noun
liquid in which meat and vegetables are simmered; used as a basis for e.g. soups or sauces
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: stock
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: soup
Narrower terms: liquor, pot liquor, pot likker, beef broth, beef stock, chicken broth, chicken stock, stock cube
History
From Middle English broth, from Old English broþ (“broth”), from Proto-West Germanic *broþ (“broth”), from Proto-Germanic *bruþą (“broth”), from Proto-Indo-European *bhrewh1- (“to seethe, roil, brew”). Akin to Old English breowan (“to brew”), equivalent to brew + -th (abstract nominal suffix).
Across languages
176 source translations are retained for this English entry.
