noun (n)

• liquid in which meat and vegetables are simmered; used as a basis for e.g. soups or sauces(noun.food)

  Synonym:
  stock
  

  source: wordnet30
• a thin soup of meat or fish or vegetable stock(noun.food)

  source: wordnet30
• Liquid in which flesh (and sometimes other substances, as barley or rice) has been boiled; thin or simple soup.(noun)

  source: webster1913