beef tea

1. 1.

   an extract of beef (given to people who are ill)

   SynonymsBovril

   Broaderinfusion

Questions about beef tea

What does beef tea mean?

beef tea means "an extract of beef (given to people who are ill)".

What is another word for beef tea?

Close synonyms include Bovril. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is beef tea a common word?

beef tea is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.