bouillon cube

noun

: a cube of evaporated meat extract

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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 water, white wine, scallions, and bouillon cubes. John T. Edge, Southern Living, 14 Aug. 2025 Add the shrimp paste mixture and the vegetable bouillon cube (or vegetable stock). Vicky Hallett, NPR, 1 Apr. 2025 But the question remains: is this practical evolution or playful excess? Convenience culture isn't new—bouillon cubes revolutionized cooking in the 1800s, and frozen dinners redefined mealtime in the 1950s. Stephanie Gravalese, Forbes, 18 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for bouillon cube

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First Known Use

1909, in the meaning defined above

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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 9 Sep. 2025.

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