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Meaning of CHOWDER

Pronunciation:  'chawdur

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  a thick soup or stew made with milk and bacon and onions and potatoes
 
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 See Also: clam chowder, corn chowder, fish chowder, soup

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. \Chow"der\, n. [F. chaudi[`e]re a kettle, a pot. Cf.
    {Caldron}.]
    1. (Cookery) A dish made of fresh fish or clams, biscuit,
       onions, etc., stewed together.
    2. A seller of fish. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.
    {Chowder beer}, a liquor made by boiling black spruce in
       water and mixing molasses with the decoction.
    
  2. \Chow"der\, v. t.
    To make a chowder of.
    
 
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