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chowder en · NOUN

Pronunciation

Etymology

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”).

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) A thick, creamy soup or stew.
    • fish chowder
  2. (countable, uncountable) A stew, particularly fish or seafood, not necessarily thickened.
  3. (alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable) Alternative spelling of jowter.
    alt of jowter

Forms

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chowders Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

chowderheaded · clam chowder · chowder beer · chowder head · chowder-head · chowderlike · chowder-headed

Translations (13)

fi pata (a seafood or fish stew) · fi (kermainen) keitto (thick, creamy soup or stew) · es shirumbi (a seafood or fish stew) · ja 寄せ鍋 (a seafood or fish stew) · yue 海鮮周打 /海鲜周打 (a seafood or fish stew) · yue 海鮮周打湯 /海鲜周打汤 (a seafood or fish stew) · ru густа́я похлёбка (thick, creamy soup or stew) · de Fischsuppe (a seafood or fish stew) · fr chaudrée (thick, creamy soup or stew) · cmn(thick, creamy soup or stew) · yue 周打 (thick, creamy soup or stew) · ja チャウダー (thick, creamy soup or stew) · yue 周打湯 /周打汤 (thick, creamy soup or stew)

chowder en · VERB

Pronunciation

Etymology

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”).

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To make (seafood, etc.) into chowder.

Forms

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chowdering Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
chowders Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
chowdered Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
chowdered Tense=Past lexicographic