Gumbo

  • 41gumbo — n. [U.S.] Okra (Abelmoschos esculentus) …

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  • 42gumbo — noun (U) 1 a thick soup made with meat, fish, and okra (=a small green vegetable) 2 a word used in some parts of the US for okra …

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  • 43gumbo — gum·bo …

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  • 44gumbo — UK [ˈɡʌmbəʊ] / US [ˈɡʌmboʊ] noun [uncountable] a thick soup made with chicken or fish and the vegetable okra, eaten mainly in the southern US …

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  • 45Gumbo — Gum•bo [[t]ˈgʌm boʊ[/t]] n. peo (sometimes l.c.) Louisiana Creole …

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  • 46gumbo — gum•bo [[t]ˈgʌm boʊ[/t]] n. pl. bos 1) coo a soup of chicken or seafood, greens, and seasonings, usu. thickened with okra 2) coo okra 3) gel soil that becomes sticky and nonporous when wet • Etymology: 1795–1805; < LaF …

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  • 47gumbo — /ˈgʌmboʊ/ (say gumboh) noun (plural gumbos) Chiefly US 1. → okra. 2. soup or stew, usually containing chicken, thickened with okra pods. 3. a silty soil, chiefly in the southern and western US, becoming very sticky when wet. Also, gombo. {from… …

  • 48Gumbo — /ˈgʌmboʊ/ (say gumboh) noun (sometimes lower case) a French patois used by Creoles in the West Indies and Louisiana …

  • 49gumbo —  n.m. Soupe épaisse, spécialité de la Louisiane …

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  • 50chicken gumbo — Gumbo Gum bo (g[u^]m b[ o]), n. [Written also gombo.] 1. A soup thickened with the mucilaginous pods of the okra; okra soup. Especially, A thick stew made with chicken ({chicken gumbo}), or seafood ({seafood gumbo}), thickened with okra or file,… …

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