broth vs stock

broth

Definitions

noun

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

Examples

We had a gam one day, on this voyage, with a Yankee whale-ship, and a first-rate gam it was, for, as the Yankee had gammed three days before with another English ship, we got a lot of news second-hand; and, as we had not seen a new face for many months, we felt towards those Yankees like brothers, and swallowed all they had to tell us like men starving for news.

She has one annoying but lovable big brother that looks out for her, and a little sister that adores and idolizes her.

Brunhild, a mischievous, strong-minded goldfish (the voice of Noah Cyrus, Miley's younger sister), is determined to become a little girl when she's rescued from a jar and befriended by Sosuke (the voice of Frankie Jonas, the Jonas Brothers 'kid brother), a plucky, self-reliant 5-year-old.

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stock

Definitions

adjective

  1. repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse
  2. routine
  3. regularly and widely used or sold

noun

  1. any of various ornamental flowering plants of the genus Malcolmia
  2. a plant or stem onto which a graft is made; especially a plant grown specifically to provide the root part of grafted plants
  3. the handle end of some implements or tools
  4. the descendants of one individual
  5. an ornamental white cravat
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verb

  1. equip with a stock
  2. amass so as to keep for future use or sale or for a particular occasion or use
  3. put forth and grow sprouts or shoots
  4. supply with fish
  5. supply with livestock
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Examples

For the stock, start by sweating all the vegetables and herbs in a little extra-virgin olive oil, seasoning with salt at the start to help them sweat without colouring.

Fun is the secret ingredient of a lot of great companies, but 10 years of economic prosperity, a resurgent stock market, and the dawning of the dot-com have created other business priorities.

A perfect mob of street urchins, loafers, shop-men and bar-keepers who could spare a bit of time, lined up in front of the Palace Hotel and watched the plaid-coated, gray-capped visitors in short knickerbockers and golf stockings puff their pipes around the bar and call for "Porter and h'ale, 'alf and

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