a thick soup or stew made with milk, bacon, onions, and potatoes
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chowders
apparently named for the pot it was cooked in: French chaudière "a pot" (12th...
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a seafood or vegetable stew, often served with milk or cream and mostly eaten with saltine crackers. Chowder is usually thickened with broken up crackers, but some varieties are traditionally thickened with crushed ship biscuit. New England clam... (38 of 351 words, 3 images)
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may refer to: Chowder, any of a variety of soups | Clam chowder, a chowder containing clams and broth | Corn chowder, a chowder with corn, bacon and broth | Southern Illinois chowder, a thick stew/soup | Chowder (TV series), an animated television... (39 of 113 words, 9 definitions)
in North American cuisine, hearty soup usually containing fish or shellfish, especially clams. The word chowder is a corruption of the French ... (22 of 129 words, 1 image)
A thick soup containing fish or shellfish, especially clams, and vegetables, such as potatoes and onions, in a milk or tomato base. | A soup similar ... (25 of 47 words, 2 definitions, 1 usage example, 1 image)
a thick soup made variously, but usually containing onions, potatoes, and salt pork, sometimes corn, tomatoes, or other vegetables, and often, ... (21 of 39 words, 1 image)
a thick soup or stew containing clams or fish (9 of 462 words, 9 usage examples, pronunciation)
stew of fish or shellfish with potatoes, onions, and pork (usually salt pork), thickened with crumbled hard bread. The name "chowder" seems to have ... (24 of 103 words)
to make chowder of (4 of 16 words, pronunciation)
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a soup or stew of seafood (as clams or fish) usually made with milk or tomatoes, salt pork, onions, and other vegetables (as potatoes) ; also, a soup ... (28 of 75 words, 1 usage example)
a thick soup usually made with fish or shellfish, milk or cream, and vegetables (14 of 38 words, pronunciation)
a rich soup typically containing fish, clams, or corn with potatoes and onions (13 of 37 words, 1 usage example, pronunciation)
a thick soup or stew made of clams, fish, or vegetables, with potatoes, onions, and other ingredients and seasonings. (19 of 24 words, pronunciation)
a type of thick soup usually made from fish or other sea creatures (13 of 22 words, 1 usage example, pronunciations)
A thick, creamy soup or stew. | A stew, particularly fish or seafood, not necessarily thickened. (15 of 19 words, 2 definitions)
a thick soup, especially one made with seafood or fish (10 of 34 words, pronunciation)
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First use: 1751
Origin: apparently named for the pot it was cooked in: French chaudière "a pot" (12th century), from Late Latin caldaria. The word and the ... (24 of 53 etymology words)
Origin: Probably from French chaudière ("pot"), from chaud ("hot") (also related to the Latin caldaria and English cauldron). Possibly from Old English jowter ("fish monger").
First use: mid 18th century
Origin: perhaps from French chaudière "stew pot", related to Old Northern French caudron (see "cauldron")
Origin: French chaudière, stew pot, from Old French, from Late Latin caldāria; see "cauldron".
First use: 18th century
Origin: from French chaudière kettle, from Late Latin caldāria; see cauldron
Origin: French chaudière, a pot from Late Latin caldaria: see "caldron"
First use: 1751
Origin: French chaudière kettle, contents of a kettle, from Late Latin caldaria
First use: Mid-18th century
Origin: Probably via French chaudière "stew pot" from Latin calidarium "hot bath"
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Audio: North American pronunciation of "chowder"
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Audio: North American pronunciation of "chowder"
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