Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. The water in which meat, fish, or vegetables have been boiled; stock.
- n. A thin, clear soup based on stock, to which rice, barley, meat, or vegetables may be added.
- n. A liquid containing nutrients for culturing microorganisms: "[They] grew bacteria in a small flask of broth” ( Horace Freeland Judson).
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. Liquor in which flesh is boiled and macerated, usually with certain vegetables to give it a better relish. In Scotland the name is seldom used except when pot-barley forms one of the ingredients.
- See brath.
Wiktionary
- n. uncountable Water in which food (meat or vegetable etc) has been boiled.
- n. countable A soup made from broth and other ingredients such as vegetables, herbs or diced meat.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. Liquid in which flesh (and sometimes other substances, as barley or rice) has been boiled; thin or simple soup.
WordNet 3.0
- n. liquid in which meat and vegetables are simmered; used as a basis for e.g. soups or sauces
- n. a thin soup of meat or fish or vegetable stock
Etymologies
- Middle English broth, from Old English broþ ("broth"). Akin to Old English breowan ("to brew"). (Wiktionary)
- Middle English, from Old English; see bhreu- in Indo-European roots. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“_ -- Speaking of broth, people in Devon say a _few broth_ in place of a little, or some broth.”
“In fact, I commend it here to you: red quinoa cooked in broth (mushroom broth is favored; other broths will do) with pecans and dried sour cherries.”
“Attuned to the try/fail cycle of plot, understanding that the broth is an attempt to solve the narrative problem, we understand also that the chips in the head are to be read as a part of this story.”
“When the broth is heated, add the broccoli and cook.”
“Soup: The chicken broth is served in a teapot so it remains piping hot for longer.”
“Distinguished food historian Diana Kennedy 's "Oaxaca al Gusto" includes plenty of relatively simple recipes (a hearty, cilantro-spiked chicken soup, for instance) but also more arcane ones (turtle eggs in broth, stone soup and wasp-nest sauce comes to mind).”
“The more complex mole de olla, with chile guajillo and ancho seasoned broth, is a regular favorite, too.”
“I can tell you that 2 hours into it, the broth is so friggin 'delicious!”
“I used the broth from the mussels in order to finish it off (nothing like a little cross-pollination.)”
“He had never used corn cobs in broth but was interested to try it.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘broth’.
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Interesting words
A list of words that are odd or words that I have looked up.
concupiscence, brize, scree, scoria, forestaff, spanaemia, valetudinarianism, distasture, pyrethrum, laudanum, gentian, bicameral and 11184 more...
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food collection
bread, peel, pot, chorizo, Filet, olive, fill, Phyllo, dough, bake, mat, pinot and 988 more...
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Color Words for Shoes
Vendors can get oddly creative.
amaranth, brindle, iguana, slate black, madder brown, bison, pinecone, seal brown, forest night, burnt orange, monument, beet red and 399 more...
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strangelyrouge's Words
glockenspiel, gewgaw, jetsam, flotsam, gripe, grab, wench, whilst, betwixt, hither, thither, yonder and 1034 more...
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food
food, chef, spice, salt, sugar, pumpkin, apples, fruit, vegetable, savory, soup, sauce and 280 more...
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wordrainbow
A big list of color names for use on wordrainbow.com
emerald, cherry, coffee, cream, almond, gold, kiwi, green, grass green, aquamarine, beet red, sepia and 714 more...
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cucchiaio's Words
ambidextrous, octogenarian, unanimous, semaphore, luminous, indigenous, epistemological, ravenous, receptacle, petrify, rectify, lepidopterologist and 104 more...
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Nanny McPhee (2005)
Words from a 2005 'Nanny McPhee' film
to be off to, spud, blighter, pustule, tyke, mewl, blimey, rattle, daft, christening, measles, austere and 35 more...
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Scottish Stuff
Words related to the land of my birth.
kilt, brae, loch, sporran, broth, bagpipes, skean dhu, glengarry bonnet, bahoochy, glaswegian, hogmanay, poke and 9 more...
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Food and Cooking
lasagna, vindaloo, lemon grass, nutmeg, origano, basil, risotto, fenugreek, saffron, arborio rice, basmati rice, paella and 14 more...
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foodie list
pan, gourmet, mincing, clam, oyster, geoduck, scallop, meringue, baste, garam masala, rarebit, phyllo and 66 more...
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soup words
soup words
gazpacho, minestrone, consomme, avgolemono, chowder, bouillabaisse, borscht, bouillon, mulligatawny, vichyssoise, albondigas, bisque and 47 more...
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five-letter words starting with 'b'
blame, bland, brute, basic, basis, bribe, brand, borne, birth, billy, balmy, brash and 57 more...
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GRE-list
Tweets
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