chowder

A thick, creamy soup or stew.

Noun

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

Origin

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”).

Forms

chowders

Derived

chowder beer chowder-head chowder head chowderheaded chowder-headed chowderlike clam chowder

Verb

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

Forms

chowders chowdering chowdered