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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
bouil·lon       [bool-yon, -yuhn; Fr. boo-yawn] Pronunciation Key
–noun
a clear, usually seasoned broth made by straining water in which beef, chicken, etc., has been cooked, or by dissolving a commercially prepared bouillon cube or cubes in hot water.

[Origin: 1650–60; < F, equiv. to bouill(ir) to boil1 + -on n. suffix]
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bouil·lon       (bŏŏl'yŏn', -yən, bōō'yŏn')  Pronunciation Key 
n.   A clear thin broth made typically by simmering beef or chicken in water with seasonings.


[French, from Old French, from boulir, to boil, from Latin bullīre, from bulla, bubble.]

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bouillon 
1656, from Fr. bouillir "to boil," from O.Fr. boillir (see boil).

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bouillon

noun
a clear seasoned broth 

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Bouillon

Bou`illon"\, n. [F., fr. bouillir to boil.]

1. A nutritious liquid food made by boiling beef, or other meat, in water; a clear soup or broth.

2. (Far.) An excrescence on a horse's frush or frog.

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