broth

UK: /ˈbrɒθ/ US: /brɔθ, brɑθ/ ,(brôth, broth)

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026

broth /brɔθ, brɑθ/   n. 

1. Food a 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.
2. 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 © 2026

broth  (brôth, broth), n. 

1. Food thin soup of concentrated meat or fish stock.
2. Food water that has been boiled with meat, fish, vegetables, or barley.
3. Microbiology [Bacteriol.] a liquid medium containing nutrients suitable for culturing microorganisms.
4. 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

broth′y, adj. 

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broth / brɒθ/ noun

1. a soup made by boiling meat, fish, vegetables, etc, in water
2. another name for stock19

Etymology: Old English broth; related to Old Norse broth, Old High German brod, German brodeln to boil; see brew