Bovril™
noun/ˈbɒvrɪl/
/ˈbɑːvrɪl/
- [uncountable] a dark substance made from beef, used in cooking and for making drinks
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- [uncountable, countable] a hot drink made by mixing Bovril with waterTopics Drinksc2
Word Originlate 19th cent.: from Latin bos, bov- ‘ox’, the second element perhaps from vril, an imaginary form of energy described in E. Bulwer-Lytton's novel The Coming Race (1871).
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