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broth

[brawth, broth]
–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.
4. broth of a boy, a sturdy youth.

Origin:
bef. 1000; ME, OE; c. ON broth, OHG brod; akin to brew


brothy, adjective
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broth   (brôth, brŏth)   
n.   pl. broths (brôths, brŏths, brôthz, brŏthz)
  1. The water in which meat, fish, or vegetables have been boiled; stock.

  2. A thin, clear soup based on stock, to which rice, barley, meat, or vegetables may be added.

  3. A liquid containing nutrients for culturing microorganisms: "[They] grew bacteria in a small flask of broth" (Horace Freeland Judson).


[Middle English, from Old English; see bhreu- in Indo-European roots.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

broth 
O.E. broþ, from P.Gmc. *bruthan, from verb root *bhreue- "to heat, boil, bubble, liquid in which something has been boiled" (cf. O.E. breowan "to brew;" see brew). Picked up from Gmc. by the Romantic and Celtic languages.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: broth
Pronunciation: 'broth
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural broths /'broths, 'brothz/
1 : liquid in which meat or sometimes vegetable food has been cooked
2 : a fluid culture medium
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Idioms & Phrases

broth

see too many cooks spoil the broth.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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