broth
/bɹɔθ/
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broth noun: water in which food (meat, vegetable, etc.) has been boiled.
Noun
broth (countable and uncountable, plural broths)
- Water in which food (meat, vegetable, etc.) has been boiled.
- A compound of galanga, cubebs, sparrow wort, cardamoms, nutmeg, gillyflowers, Indian thistle, laurel seeds, cloves, Persian pepper is made into a drink. Taken twice daily morning and night, in pigeon or fowl broth, preceded and followed by eater. The result, according to Arab tradition, is an...1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 102
- Synonyms:
- bouillon, liquor, pot liquor, stock
- A soup made from broth and other ingredients such as vegetables, herbs or diced meat.
broth meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
broth in Hindi
- water in which food (meat or vegetable etc) has been boiled
- शोरबा śorbā, झोल jhol, जूस jūs, रसा rasā, यखनी yakhnī, यख़्नी yaxnī
- soup made from broth
- शोरबा śorbā, झोल jhol, जूस jūs, रसा rasā
broth in Tamil
- குழம்பு, மாங்கிசநீர்
broth in Urdu
- water in which food (meat or vegetable etc) has been boiled
- یَخْنی yaxnī, شورْبا śorbā, جھول jhol, جُوس jūs
broth in Bengali
- ঝোল
More languagesFewer languages
- broth in Telugu
- పులుసు
- broth in Malayalam
- ചാറ് cāṟŭ
- broth in Punjabi
- ਬਰੋਥ, ਬਰੌਥ
- broth in Nepali
- ब्रोथ
- broth in Arabic
- مَرَق maraq, مَرَقَة maraqa
- broth in Malay
- kaldu
- broth in Indonesian
- kaldu
- broth in Vietnamese
- canh, nước dùng, nước lèo
Examples of broth in a sentence
- She made a kind of polenta from cornmeal and chicken broth, with some cheese sprinkled on top.
- The secret to a creamy risotto is letting the rice absorb one cup of broth at a time.
- The penurious stew would have been more accurately labelled broth.
Synonyms of broth
Forms of broth
| plural | broths |
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Origin of broth
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).
Words formed from broth
Phrases with broth
Words that rhyme with broth
Questions about broth
- What does broth mean?
- Broth means water in which food (meat, vegetable, etc.) has been boiled.
- What is broth in Hindi?
- Broth in Hindi is शोरबा (śorbā), झोल (jhol), जूस (jūs). See Broth meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is broth?
- Broth is a noun.
- How do you pronounce broth?
- Broth is pronounced /bɹɔθ/ (US).
- What is the plural of broth?
- The plural of broth is broths.
Words near broth in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: broth (page history and authors); broth (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); broth (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); broth (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ചാറ് (Malayalam) (page history and authors); broth (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); broth (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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