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Princeton's WordNet
beef tea, Bovrilnoun
an extract of beef (given to people who are ill)
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Bovrilnoun
A brand of beef extract made in the UK.
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Bovril
Bovril is the trademarked name of a thick and salty meat extract paste similar to a yeast extract, developed in the 1870s by John Lawson Johnston. It is sold in a distinctive bulbous jar, and as cubes and granules. Bovril is owned and distributed by Unilever UK. Its appearance is similar to the British Marmite and its Australian equivalent Vegemite. Bovril can be made into a drink (referred to in the UK as a "beef tea") by diluting with hot water or, less commonly, with milk. It can be used as a flavouring for soups, broth, stews or porridge, or as a spread, especially on toast in a similar fashion to Marmite and Vegemite.
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bovril
Bovril is a thick, savory, and salty meat extract paste, usually made from beef, but can also be made from chicken. It is used to create a beef or chicken broth or soup, spread on toast, or used as a cooking ingredient to add flavor. Originated from the UK, it is also considered traditional British food.
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Bovril
Bovril is the trademarked name of a thick, salty meat extract, developed in the 1870s by John Lawson Johnston and sold in a distinctive, bulbous jar. It is made in Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire, owned and distributed by Unilever UK. Bovril can be made into a drink by diluting with hot water, or less commonly with milk. It can also be used as a flavouring for soups, stews or porridge, or spread on bread, especially toast, rather like Marmite. The first part of the product's name comes from Latin bos meaning "ox" or "cow". Johnston took the -vril suffix from Bulwer-Lytton's then-popular "lost race" novel The Coming Race, whose plot revolves around a superior race of people, the Vril-ya, who derive their powers from an electromagnetic substance named "Vril".
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Bovril
bov′ril, n. a registered trade-mark applied to a special meat extract. [Coined from Gr. bous, bovis, an ox, and vril, the electric fluid represented as the one common origin of the forces in matter, in Lytton's novel The Coming Race, 1871.]
Etymology and Origins
Bovril
An adaptation of bovis, ox, and vril, strength--the latter being a word coined by Lord Lytton in “The Coming Race.”
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of bovril in Chaldean Numerology is: 3
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of bovril in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6
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