broth

nounattested in dialogue

United Kingdom//bɹɒθ//
United States//bɹɔθ//
//bɹɑθ//

Water in which food (meat, vegetable, etc.) has been boiled.

noun

1
Water in which food (meat, vegetable, etc.) has been boiled.
A compound of galanga, cubebs, sparrow wort, cardamoms, nutmeg, gillyflowers, Indian thistle, laurel seeds, cloves, Persian pepper is made into a drink. Taken twice daily morning and night, in pigeon or fowl broth, preceded and followed by eater. The result, according to Arab tradition, is an effective aphrodisiac.
2
A soup made from broth and other ingredients such as vegetables, herbs or diced meat.

Etymology

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”). By surface analysis, brew + -th (abstract nominal suffix).

Forms

plural: broths

Brooks · A topographic surname from Middle English, variant of Brook.broom · A domestic utensil with fibers bound together at the end of a…Broom · A number of places in England: A village in Southill parish,…

broth · Water in which food (meat, vegetable, etc.) has been boiled.

brothel · A house of prostitution.brother · Son of the same parents as another person.Brother · Title of respect for an adult male member of a religious or…

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