chowder

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Etymology

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

Possibly from older English jowter (fish monger).

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Noun

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chowder (countable and uncountable, plural chowders)

  1. A thick, creamy soup or stew.
    fish chowder
  2. A stew, particularly fish or seafood, not necessarily thickened.
  3. Alternative spelling of jowter

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Verb

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chowder (third-person singular simple present chowders, present participle chowdering, simple past and past participle chowdered)

  1. (transitive) To make (seafood, etc.) into chowder.

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