gumbo

[guhm-boh]

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noun, plural gum·bos.

a stew or thick soup, usually made with chicken or seafood, greens, and okra or sometimes filé as a thickener.
okra.
soil that becomes sticky and nonporous when wet.

adjective

of, relating to, or like gumbo.

Origin of gumbo

1795–1805, Americanism; < Louisiana French gombo, gumbo < a Bantu language; compare Umbundu ochinggombo, Luba chinggombo okra

Gumbo

[guhm-boh]

noun (sometimes lowercase)

a French patois spoken by blacks and Creoles in Louisiana and the French West Indies.

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Examples from the Web for gumbo

Contemporary Examples

Lena Richard was a black caterer and owner of the Gumbo House who published New Orleans Cookbook in 1940.
The Tragic History of Southern Food
Jason Berry
November 12, 2014
The cafeteria style stop is basically a comfort food joint—think baby back ribs, shrimp and grits, and gumbo—done well.
Delayed? The Best Airport Restaurants to Eat at This Thanksgiving
Brandy Zadrozny
November 27, 2013
So people stayed home and cooked big pots of red beans and gumbo.
Waiting Out Hurricane Isaac in New Orleans
Katy Reckdahl
August 29, 2012
It was all there: the military, the Constitution, the Bible—the whole Republican gumbo.
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Andrew Romano
January 3, 2012
Spoon the rice into the center of the gumbo, and sprinkle each serving with green onions and parsley.
5 Iconic Recipes From an Iconic Chef
Emeril Lagasse
May 12, 2011

Historical Examples

And Thackeray's picture of Gumbo carrying in the soup tureen!
Confessions of a Book-Lover
Maurice Francis Egan
When cattle get into gumbo, the farmers send for the stump-dynamite and try blasting.
Free Air
Sinclair Lewis
They will then be good (with the addition of tomata paste) to boil in soup or gumbo.
Miss Leslie's Lady's New Receipt-Book
Eliza Leslie
In the northern counties it is found in "gumbo" soils in swamps.
Trees of Indiana
Charles Clemon Deam
I prefer hilltop, north slope, soil as deep as possible, and a gumbo subsoil.
The Apple
Various

British Dictionary definitions for gumbo

gumbo

gombo

noun plural -bos US and Canadian

the mucilaginous pods of okra
another name for okra
a soup or stew thickened with okra pods
a fine soil in the W prairies that becomes muddy when wet

Word Origin

C19: from Louisiana French gombo, of Bantu origin

Gumbo

noun

(sometimes not capital) a French patois spoken by Creoles in Louisiana and the Caribbean

Word Origin

see gumbo

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Word Origin and History for gumbo

1805, from Louisiana French, probably ultimately from Central Bantu dialect (cf. Mbundu ngombo "okra").

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Examples from the Web for gumbo

Contemporary Examples

Lena Richard was a black caterer and owner of the Gumbo House who published New Orleans Cookbook in 1940.

The cafeteria style stop is basically a comfort food joint—think baby back ribs, shrimp and grits, and gumbo—done well.

So people stayed home and cooked big pots of red beans and gumbo.

It was all there: the military, the Constitution, the Bible—the whole Republican gumbo.

Spoon the rice into the center of the gumbo, and sprinkle each serving with green onions and parsley.

Historical Examples

And Thackeray's picture of Gumbo carrying in the soup tureen!

When cattle get into gumbo, the farmers send for the stump-dynamite and try blasting.

They will then be good (with the addition of tomata paste) to boil in soup or gumbo.

In the northern counties it is found in "gumbo" soils in swamps.

I prefer hilltop, north slope, soil as deep as possible, and a gumbo subsoil.

gumbo

gombo

Word Origin

Gumbo

Word Origin

Word Origin and History for gumbo

Origin of gumbo