English Explanatory Dictionary

broth

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

Water in which food (meat, vegetable, etc.) has been boiled.
A soup made from broth and other ingredients such as vegetables, herbs or diced meat.

Pronunciation

/bɹɔθ/ brôth /bɹɑθ/ brŏth /bɹɒθ/ En-us-broth.ogg

Word forms

broth broths

Etymology

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”). Akin to Old English breowan (“to brew”), equivalent to brew + -th (abstract nominal suffix).

Synonyms

Related words

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Derived words

barley-broth black broth broth cube brothlike broth of a boy brothy clambroth cockadoodle broth flesh broth hellbroth lysogeny broth microbroth plum broth Scotch broth snow-broth stew in one's own broth too many chefs spoil the broth too many cooks spoil the broth

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