bouillonn.
/ˈbuːjɒ̃/, /ˈbuːjɒn/, /ˈbwiːjɒ̃/, /ˈbwiːjɒn/, U.S. /ˈbu(l)jɑn/ 1.
a. Broth, soup.
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the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > soup or pottage > [noun]
brotha1000
pottage?c1225
pulmenta1325
hotchpot1381
sewc1386
wortsc1390
long wortsc1440
poddish1528
porridge?1533
hotchpotch1567
sowpa1568
potage1653
soup1653
bouillon1656
soupe1767
pot-au-feu1841
shackles1888
zuppa1961
1656 T. Blount Glossographia Bouillon, a kind of broth, or boiled meat, made of several ingredients.
1725 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Œconomique at Sorrel Bouillons or thin Broth.
c1865 J. Wylde Circle of Sci. I. 343/2 What in France is sold under the name of bouillon-cakes, is nothing but gelatine.
b. A broth used as a medium for the culture of bacteria. Also attributive.
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the world > life > biology > laboratory analysis > material > [noun] > culture or medium
culture1880
blood culture1881
cultivation1881
culture medium1883
pure culture1883
agar1885
broth1885
subculture1885
tube-culture1886
bouillon1887
stab-culture1889
streak culture1892
blood agar1893
microculture1893
shake culture1894
streak plate1895
broth culture1897
slant1899
plating1900
stock culture1903
touch preparation1908
tissue culture1912
plaque1924
slope1925
agar-agar1929
isolate1931
MacConkey1938
auxanogram1949
lawn1951
monolayer1952
replica plate1952
1887 T. M. Anderson Treat. Dis. Skin 289 Injections made under the skin with Bouillon of recent cultivation..set up gangrene of the skin.
1897 Jrnl. Pathol. & Bacteriol. 4 183 Peptone Bouillon at 37° C.—A cloudiness appears in the broth in 12–18 hours.
1903 Daily Chron. 21 Oct. 10/1 Five cubic centimetres of a highly poisonous bouillon culture of certain bacteria (streptococci) was injected under the skin of the ears of rabbits.
1909 Practitioner Nov. 591 Five decigrams of a bouillon culture of streptococcus of erysipelas.
2. A saline ‘bath’, or solution of an alkali, in which wool is steeped previous to dyeing.
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the world > matter > colour > colouring > dyeing > [noun] > processes or techniques
masteringa1475
woading1613
aluming1735
saddening1743
bouillon1791
galling1791
dunging1792
piece-dyeing1863
union dyeing1875
batik1880
batiking1880
tie-and-dye1886
cross-dyeing1901
tie-dying1903
vat dyeing1912
tie-dye1926
tied dyeing1928
ikat1931
overdyeing1939
yūzen1958
spin-dyeing1961
1791 W. Hamilton tr. C.-L. Berthollet Elements Art of Dyeing I. i. ii. i Wool Boiled in a bath with saline substances—this is called the bouillon.
3. An excrescence of flesh in the foot of a horse.
4. In Dressmaking. A puffed fold.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > parts of clothing > [noun] > trimmings or ornamentation > puff
puffing1593
puff1601
puffery1859
bouillon1869
1869 Daily News 4 Mar. Her Serene Highness..wore a blue satin train, trimmed with bouillonnes of white tulle.
Compounds
bouillon cube n. a cube of beef (or other meat) extract with seasonings.
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the world > food and drink > food > substances for food preparation > [noun] > stock or liquor > stock cube
Oxo1899
bouillon cube1934
stock cube1965
1934 in Webster's New Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang.
1954 E. David Ital. Food 39 Chicken bouillon cubes..are quite excellent.
1954 E. David Ital. Food 39 The same firm also make good beef bouillon cubes.
1960 Sunday Express 10 Apr. 15/4 A little light stock made from a bouillon cube.
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