Chowder
/ˈt͡ʃaʊdɚ/ noun, verb
noun, verb ·Uncommon ·College level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A thick, creamy soup or stew. countable, uncountable
"fish chowder"
- 2 a thick soup or stew made with milk and bacon and onions and potatoes wordnet
- 3 A stew, particularly fish or seafood, not necessarily thickened. countable, uncountable
- 4 Alternative spelling of jowter. alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Verb
- 1 To make (seafood, etc.) into chowder. transitive
Antonyms
All antonymsExample
More examples"Tom ate a bowl of clam chowder."
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”).