Broth (4)
I believe the answer is:
soup
'broth' is the definition.
(broth is a type of soup)
This is the entire clue.
(Other definitions for soup that I've seen before include "Eg, mulligatawny" , "Eskimo people" , "Preliminary course" , "Photographic developer" , "Mulligatawny or borscht?" .)