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broth

UK/bɹɑθ/ US/bɹɔθ/ fairly common

noun

1.

liquid in which meat and vegetables are simmered; used as a basis for e.g. soups or sauces

  • “she made gravy with a base of beef stock”
Synonyms
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Origin

From Middle English broth, from Old English broþ (“broth”), from Proto-West Germanic *broþ (“broth”), from Proto-Germanic *bruþą (“broth”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrewh₁- (“to seethe, roil, brew”). By surface analysis, brew + -th (abstract nominal suffix).

Phrases

  • black broth
  • broth cube
  • broth of a boy
  • cockadoodle broth
  • flesh broth
  • lysogeny broth
  • plum broth
  • Scotch broth

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