broth Meaning, Definition & Usage

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

WordNet

Broth noun
Etymology
AS. bro; akin to OHG. brod, brot; cf. Ir. broth, Gael. brot. *93. Cf. Brewis, Brew.
Definitions
  1. Liquid in which flesh (and sometimes other substances, as barley or rice) has been boiled; thin or simple soup.
    I am sure by your unprejudiced discourses that you love broth better than soup. Addison.

Webster 1913