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chowder.

A thick, creamy soup or stew.

7 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈt͡ʃaʊdɚ/US
  1. A thick, creamy soup or stew.

    countable · uncountable
    fish chowder
  2. A stew, particularly fish or seafood, not necessarily thickened.

    countable · uncountable
  3. Alternative spelling of jowter.

    alt-of · alternative · countable · uncountable
Where this word comes from

Probably borrowed from French chaudière, from Late Latin caldāria (“cooking-pot”), derived from Latin caldus (“hot”). Related to English cauldron. Possibly from older English jowter (“fish monger”).

verb/ˈt͡ʃaʊdɚ/US
  1. To make (seafood, etc.) into chowder.

    transitive
Where this word comes from

Probably borrowed from French chaudière, from Late Latin caldāria (“cooking-pot”), derived from Latin caldus (“hot”). Related to English cauldron. Possibly from older English jowter (“fish monger”).

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