Meaning

2 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)A thick, creamy soup or stew.

    fish chowder

    густа́я похлёбкаgustája poxljóbka

    a thick soup or stew made with milk and bacon and onions and potatoes

  2. (countable, uncountable)A stew, particularly fish or seafood, not necessarily thickened.

    Fischsuppe

Examples

2 sentences
  1. Tom ate a bowl of clam chowder.

  2. Corn chowder warms on a cold day.

Translations

4 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
thick, creamy soup or stew:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
a seafood or fish stew:

Origin

Probably borrowed from French chaudière, from Late Latin caldāria (“cooking-pot”), derived

Probably borrowed from French chaudière, from Late Latin caldāria (“cooking-pot”), derived from Latin caldus (“hot”). Related to English cauldron.

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Forms

plural: chowders
Singularchowder
Pluralchowders

regular

Word family

4 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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