chowder
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of chowder
1735–45, < French chaudière pot, kettle < Late Latin caldāria cauldron
Explanation
Chowder is a thick, chunky soup that often contains fish or shellfish. New England is well known for its creamy, rich version of clam chowder. Chowder is somewhere between a soup and a stew — it's full of chunks of potato and onions, thick with bacon, fish, or vegetables, and sometimes eaten with crackers on the side or crumbled on top. Chowder is one of many words that distinctly originated in America, and it was included in the first edition of Noah Webster's dictionary of American English. Chowder comes from the pot in which it's cooked, chaudière, French for "a pot."
Example Sentences
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Red Inlet Style Clam Chowder is one of the best chowders I have ever had the pleasure of tasting.
From Salon • Aug. 30, 2024
Her tips were revealed in a roughly 2.5-minute video — Chowder trains in empty parking lots with no easy access to the street and learned how to ride a skateboard on flat areas first.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 1, 2021
It would be difficult to convince the seven cousins and siblings who jammed into Jupiter’s Chowder Heads, a New England-style seafood bistro in an all-but-shuttered strip mall Saturday night, that they should leave.
From Washington Post • Sep. 1, 2019
“When I started out, I played restaurants and bars, even all three Duke’s Chowder Houses!” she laughs.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 7, 2018
Member Julie that song we all usto sing comin home on the boat after a picnic at Staten Island of the Patrick Dooley East Side Outing and Chowder Club?
From Love Letters of a Rookie to Julie by Stone, Barney
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