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noun
Idioms 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:
before 1000; Middle English, Old English; cognate with Old Norse broth, Old High German brod; akin to brew
before 1000; Middle English, Old English; cognate with Old Norse broth, Old High German brod; akin to brew
Related forms
broth·y, adjective
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| —n | |
| 1. | a soup made by boiling meat, fish, vegetables, etc, in water |
| 2. | another name for stock |
| [Old English broth; related to Old Norse broth, Old High German brod, German brodeln to boil; see | |
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Word Origin & History
broth
O.E. broþ, from P.Gmc. *bruthan (cf. O.H.G. *brod), 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 Germanic by the Romanic and Celtic languages.
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
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Example sentences
Roast meatballs at the same time, pour in broth, and you have soup straight from the oven.
But the soup was incredible: a combination of salmon, haddock, and shrimp in a slightly sweet creamy broth.
Place chicken breasts in shallow soup bowl, garnish with vegetables, and pour a little of the broth over the top.
The taste of shark-fin soup comes mostly from the quality of its broth.
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