gumbo
- of, relating to, or like gumbo.
Origin of gumbo
Gumbo
- a French patois spoken by blacks and Creoles in Louisiana and the French West Indies.
Related Words for gumbo
porridge, puree, chowder, bouillon, concoction, distillation, fluid, splash, elixir, brew, bowl, potpourri, stock, potage, gumbo, decoction, pottage, vichyssoise, borscht, dishwaterExamples from the Web for gumbo
Contemporary Examples of gumbo
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 of gumbo
And Thackeray's picture of Gumbo carrying in the soup tureen!
Confessions of a Book-LoverMaurice Francis Egan
When cattle get into gumbo, the farmers send for the stump-dynamite and try blasting.
Free AirSinclair 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-BookEliza Leslie
In the northern counties it is found in "gumbo" soils in swamps.
Trees of IndianaCharles Clemon Deam
I prefer hilltop, north slope, soil as deep as possible, and a gumbo subsoil.
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gombo
- 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 for gumbo
Gumbo
- (sometimes not capital) a French patois spoken by Creoles in Louisiana and the Caribbean
Word Origin for Gumbo
Word Origin and History for gumbo
1805, from Louisiana French, probably ultimately from Central Bantu dialect (cf. Mbundu ngombo "okra").