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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
beef tea
noun
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ At ten o'clock she gave him beef tea and brandy.
▪ She would send over beef tea and other delicacies to try and cheer them up.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Beef tea

Beef \Beef\ (b[=e]f), a. Of, pertaining to, or resembling, beef.

Beef tea, essence of beef, or strong beef broth.

Wiktionary
beef tea

n. A strong beef broth.

WordNet
beef tea

n. an extract of beef (given to people who are ill) [syn: Bovril]

Usage examples of "beef tea".

Having beef tea prepared by my mother's own lily white hands was nearly an incentive for me to contract an illness.

On Saturday, you are able to swallow a little beef tea, and to sit up on deck, and answer with a wan, sweet smile when kind-hearted people ask you how you feel now.

He had expected beef tea, or sweetbreads, the kinds of things invalids had pushed on them.

Hutton brought a brisk sawbones who peered and prodded at my stitches, dosed me with jalup, refused my demand for brandy to take away the taste, but agreed that I might have a rump steak instead of the beef tea which they'd been spooning into me in my unconscious state.

We set up camp then and got some water boiling and made some beef tea.

He selected a jar of English beef tea, a sealed package of bouillon cubes, a jar of Swiss chocolates and a sealed tin of hardcandies, a canned Italian cheese, and a few other small items.