chowder

Meanings

Noun

  • A thick, creamy soup or stew.
  • A stew, particularly fish or seafood, not necessarily thickened.

Verb

  • To make (seafood, etc.) into chowder.

Origin

  • Probably borrowed from French chaudière, from Late Latin caldaria, from Latin caldarium. Related to English cauldron.
  • Possibly from older English jowter.

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