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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024broth /brɔθ, brɑθ/USA pronunciation n. - Fooda thin soup in which meat, fish, or vegetables have been cooked in water: [countable]a delicious broth of onion and fish.[uncountable]Make some broth by boiling the turkey bones and keeping the liquid.
- Microbiology a liquid that contains ingredients suitable for growing small organisms:[countable]Scientists prepared a broth and managed to get the fungus to reproduce in the laboratory.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024broth (brôth, broth),USA pronunciation n. - Foodthin soup of concentrated meat or fish stock.
- Foodwater that has been boiled with meat, fish, vegetables, or barley.
- Microbiology[Bacteriol.]a liquid medium containing nutrients suitable for culturing microorganisms.
- Idioms broth of a boy, a sturdy youth.
- bef. 1000; Middle English, Old English; cognate with Old Norse broth, Old High German brod; akin to brew
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: broth /brɒθ/ n - a soup made by boiling meat, fish, vegetables, etc, in water
- another name for stock
Etymology: Old English broth; related to Old Norse broth, Old High German brod, German brodeln to boil; see brew |