broth

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Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

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Definition

  1. noun liquid in which meat and vegetables are simmered; used as a basis for e.g. soups or sauces
  2. noun a thin soup of meat or fish or vegetable stock

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).

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stock

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