| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
| |
| broth |
| |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  brôth, br th |
| NOUN: | Inflected forms: pl. broths (brôths, brths, brôthz, brthz)
1. The water in which meat, fish, or vegetables have been boiled; stock. 2. A thin, clear soup based on stock, to which rice, barley, meat, or vegetables may be added. 3. A liquid containing nutrients for culturing microorganisms: “[They] grew bacteria in a small flask of broth” (Horace Freeland Judson, The Eighth Day of Creation 1979). | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English, from Old English. See bhreu- in Appendix I.
| | |
| |
| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
|
|
