Bovril
Speech parts
1. Bovril - Noun
2. Bovril - Proper noun
Meaning
an extract of beef (given to people who are ill)
Source: WordNetSynonyms
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Examples
Oh, this beast? It's... perspicacious loris. 'Perspicacious' meaning 'wise or canny'." "Get stuffed," Bovril said, then giggled. "And it insults people," Telsa said. "How peculiar.
That's a rule of life." citation Bovril reappeared in another episode of Top Gear in the form of Jeremy Clarkson 's V8 Food Blender, wherein it was used to make a "Man's V8 Smoothie" complete with raw beef and brick.
By 1968, Bovril owned swathes of Argentinean beef ranches and also acquired English Grains Ltd, integrating all the yeast products production by 1970 and selling off parts of the Old English Grains business.
Bovril continued to function as a "war food" in World War I and was frequently mentioned in the 1930 account Not So Quiet..
Bovril ( Ireland and the United Kingdom ) switched from beef extract to yeast extract for 2005 and most of 2006, but later switched back.
However, it now makes Bovril using beef extract and a chicken variety using chicken extract, citation although the vegetarian formula is still sold in some areas, such as Australia and Hong Kong.