ˈbrȯ]th also -rä] noun
( plural broths ]ths, ](th)z)
Etymology: Middle English, from Old English; akin to Old High German brod broth, Old Norse broth, Latin defrutum new wine boiled down, Old Irish bruth heat, wrath, Latin fervēre to boil — more at burn
1. : liquid in which meat, fish, cereal grains, or vegetables have been cooked : stock — compare bouillon , consommé
2. : a fluid culture medium
3.
a. : something outstanding of its kind as though produced by boiling down to a savory broth — used chiefly in the phrase a broth of a boy
b. : something turbulent, disordered, and ebullient like the surface of a boiling stockpot
matters had reached a broth of discussion — Agnes de Mille