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chowder
(tʃaʊdəʳ)
Word forms: plural chowders
variable noun [usually noun NOUN]
Chowder is a thick soup containing pieces of fish.
chowder in British English
(ˈtʃaʊdə)
noun
a thick soup or stew containing clams or fish
Word origin
C18: from French chaudière kettle, from Late Latin caldāria; see cauldronchowder in American English
(ˈtʃaʊdər)
US
noun
a thick soup made variously, but usually containing onions, potatoes, and salt pork, sometimes corn, tomatoes, or other vegetables, and often, specif., clams or fish and milk
Word origin
Fr chaudière, a pot < LL caldaria: see caldronImage ofchowder
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Examples of 'chowder' in a sentencechowder
- to sing sb sth, sing sth to sb
- to sing someone's praises
- to sink into a chair
- to sink into depression/a coma
- to sink sth into sth
- to sink to ...
- to-sink-without-trace
- to sink without trace sink without a trace
- (to sit/be) on sb's knee
- to sit/lie in the sun
- to sit on a committee
- to sit one's finals
- to sit on the fence
- to sit tight
- to skid (into/across etc sth)
- to skim sth from or off sth
- to slam into sth
- to slam on the brakes
- to slam sth against/into sth
- to slam sth down
- to slap sb on the back
- to slap some paint on a wall
- to slap sth (down) on sth
- to slash at sb/sth
- to slash one's wrists