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chowder definition

☆ chow·der (c̸ho̵u′dər)

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

Etymology: Fr chaudière, a pot < LL caldaria: see caldron

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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