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potlicker

9.6

Liquid left in a pot after cooking vegetables that you eat as a salty broth

noun
/ˈpɒtˌlɪkər/

: caldo de verduras

She dipped her cornbread into the hot potlicker and savored the salty, flavorful broth.

Examples

After cooking collard greens, he poured the potlicker into a bowl to enjoy with his meal.
The potlicker from last night's greens was delicious.
Many southern families consider potlicker a nutritious and traditional part of their dinner.
I saved some potlikker to use in my soup.
After cooking collard greens, he poured the potlicker into a bowl to enjoy with his meal.
She dipped her cornbread into the hot potlicker and savored the salty, flavorful broth.
Many southern families consider potlicker a nutritious and traditional part of their dinner.

Synonyms

liquor

vspotlicker

3 7.5

The liquid left after cooking meat or vegetables used for soups and sauces

is the southern term used especially for greens rather than generic cooking liquid

pot liquor

vspotlicker

1 7.9

Liquid left in a pot after cooking vegetables or meat that is used as a base for soup

is narrower slang mainly for greens broth rather than any soup base

potlikker

vspotlicker

9.9

A tasty liquid left after cooking vegetables that people use as soup or to dip bread

is the regional southern name often for greens cooking liquid

pot likker

vspotlicker

9.9

A tasty liquid left in a pot after cooking vegetables or meat

is used chiefly as a flavorful table broth especially for greens

How Flavorful

consommé

Specialized

2 8.1

potlicker

9.6

stock

53 1.4

broth

76 1.0

Surface Forms

potlicker singular

potlickers plural

potlikkers plural

potlikker singular

Etymology

The word potlicker for the tasty cooking broth comes from the old phrase pot + liquor, where liquor meant 'liquid'. In the American South it is often said as 'pot-likker', which is why the word means the flavorful liquid left in a pot that you can dip cornbread into.