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bouillon

a clear, thin broth

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bullion – gold or silver in bars, ingots, or plates

bouil·lon

(bo͝ol′yŏn′, -yən, bo͞o′yŏn′)

A clear thin broth made typically by simmering beef or chicken in water with seasonings.

[French, from Old French, from boulir, to boil, from Latin bullīre, from bulla, bubble.]

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bouillon

(ˈbuːjɒn)

(Cookery) a plain unclarified broth or stock

[C18: from French, from bouillir to boil¹]

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bouil•lon

(ˈbʊl yɒn, -yən, ˈbu-, buˈyɔ̃)

n.

a clear, usu. seasoned broth made by straining the liquid in which beef, chicken, etc., has been cooked.

[1650–60; < French, =bouill(ir) to boil¹ + -on n. suffix]

bouillon

The unclarified stock or broth from fish, meat or vegetables.

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bouillon - a clear seasoned broth

broth - a thin soup of meat or fish or vegetable stock

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bouillon

[ˈbuːjɔːŋ]

A. N → caldo m

B. CPD bouillon cube N → cubito m de caldo

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bouillon

[ˈbuːjɒn] n (= stock) → bouillon m

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bouillon

n → Bouillon f, → klare Fleischbrühe

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bouil·lon

n. caldo, líquido alimenticio.

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"Would you like a cup of bouillon? Shall I stir you a toddy?

She acceded to the suggestion of bouillon, which was grateful and acceptable.

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And if truth to life is the main thing the drama should keep in view, how is it possible for any average understanding to be satisfied when the action is supposed to pass in the time of King Pepin or Charlemagne, and the principal personage in it they represent to be the Emperor Heraclius who entered Jerusalem with the cross and won the Holy Sepulchre, like Godfrey of Bouillon, there being years innumerable between the one and the other?

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There are the Prince de Conti, the Duc de Longueville, the Duc de Beaufort, the Duc de Bouillon, the Marechal de la Mothe, the Marquis de Sevigne, and I don't know who, for my part."

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As to the cardinal, he contented himself with touching with his withered lips a bouillon, served in a gold cup.

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Otherwise they are completely in the bouillon. It's one thing or the other.

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M2 PRESSWIRE-August 12, 2019-: Bouillon Cubes Market is estimated to grow at a CAGR of 4.2% by Forecast to 2023 | Assets to MRFR

Bouillon Cubes Market is estimated to grow at a CAGR of 4.2% by Forecast to 2023 / Assets to MRFR

Fried fish curry INGREDIENTS SERVES 2-4 For the fish: 1tsp salt 2tbsp plain flour 1tsp ground turmeric 1/4tsp MSG or 1/2tbsp chicken or vegetable bouillon 1 whole sea bream or sea bass, or 4 basa or catfish slices (sold frozen in Asian supermarkets) 120ml groundnut oil or other neutraltasting oil, plus an extra 2 tbsp For the sauce: 4 medium onions, sliced thinly ?

midweek meal

Next, blend with the rest of the ingredients: bell pepper, habaneros, onion, salt and bouillon seasoning and about 1 cup of water.

Fried Bean Cake (Akara/Koose)

Once it's turned brown, add passata and bouillon along with 1.3litres of boiling water.