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broth

  [brawth, broth]
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–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.
—Idiom
4. broth of a boy, a sturdy youth.
Origin:
bef. 1000; ME, OE; c. ON broth, OHG brod; akin to brew

Related forms:
brothy, adjective
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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.
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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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