Bovril™
noun /ˈbɒvrɪl/
/ˈbɑːvrɪl/
- [uncountable] a dark substance made from beef, used in cooking and for making drinks
- [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).