broth
    n 1: liquid in which meat and vegetables are simmered; used as a
         basis for e.g. soups or sauces; "she made gravy with a base
         of beef stock" [syn: broth, stock]
    2: a thin soup of meat or fish or vegetable stock

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