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BEEF TEA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does beef tea mean?
• BEEF TEA (noun)
The noun BEEF TEA has 1 sense:
1. an extract of beef (given to people who are ill)
Familiarity information: BEEF TEA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An extract of beef (given to people who are ill)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Synonyms:
beef tea; Bovril
Hypernyms ("beef tea" is a kind of...):
extract; infusion (a solution obtained by steeping or soaking a substance (usually in water))
Context examples
Jo saw and understood the look, and she stalked grimly away to get wine and beef tea, muttering to herself as she slammed the door, "I hate estimable young men with brown eyes!"
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
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