bouillon cube

noun

: a cube of evaporated meat extract

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Fundholz followed him up, protesting vaguely, but Walter Schreiber was already very cheerfully attending to a working-class wife who was asking for potatoes, carrots, and bouillon cubes. Literary Hub, 9 Dec. 2025 Place chicken, carrots, celery, bay leaves, bouillon cube, 2 cups of the onions, 2 teaspoons of the salt, and 1 teaspoon of the black pepper in a large stockpot. Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 27 Oct. 2025 The thin pancakes are then cooled and cut into strips about a quarter-inch wide before they're added to a broth made with bouillon cubes. Deirdre Bardolf, FOXNews.com, 31 Aug. 2025 Add the shrimp paste mixture and the vegetable bouillon cube (or vegetable stock). Vicky Hallett, NPR, 1 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for bouillon cube

Word History

First Known Use

1909, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of bouillon cube was in 1909

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“Bouillon cube.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bouillon%20cube. Accessed 21 Dec. 2025.

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