chowder

[ chou-der ]
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noun
  1. a thick soup or stew made of clams, fish, or vegetables, with potatoes, onions, and other ingredients and seasonings.

Origin of chowder

1
1735–45, Americanism;<French chaudière pot, kettle <Late Latin caldāriacauldron

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How to use chowder in a sentence

  • "It's your kind of clam chowder, too," said Mrs. Hills, shaking her head.

    Jane Journeys On | Ruth Comfort Mitchell
  • I'll bring you over a bowl of hot chowder to-night, and if there's anything else you want, you just let me know.

    Glory of Youth | Temple Bailey
  • This chowder differs in no material way from soup stock in this form.

    Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 3 | Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
  • However, when it is impossible to procure the sea food, potato chowder does nicely as a change from the usual soup.

    Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 3 | Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
  • The little birds found along the streams, like squabs and sandpipers, are fat and give the chowder a fine flavor.

    Suppers | Paul Pierce

British Dictionary definitions for chowder

chowder

/ (ˈtʃaʊdə) /


noun
  1. a thick soup or stew containing clams or fish

Origin of chowder

1
C18: from French chaudière kettle, from Late Latin caldāria; see cauldron

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