: a soup or stew of seafood (such as clams or fish) usually made with milk or tomatoes, salt pork, onions, and other vegetables (such as potatoes)
also
: a soup resembling chowder
corn chowder
Examples of chowder in a Sentence
Noun
a bowl of clam chowder
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Cathy Free, Washington Post, 2 Feb. 2023
It’s creamy, really close to clam chowder without the clams.
—Kara Baskin, BostonGlobe.com, 10 Jan. 2023
Madeline Weinfield, Southern Living, 20 Oct. 2024
Clam chowder perfectly illustrates how Americans can be adaptive and divisive at the same time.
—Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 26 Sep. 2024
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Verb
Most people want to know how Baker manages to eat without ending up with marinara sauce or clam chowder all over his face.
—Cathy Free, Washington Post, 2 Feb. 2023
It’s creamy, really close to clam chowder without the clams.
—Kara Baskin, BostonGlobe.com, 10 Jan. 2023
Noun
Order clam chowder, oysters, or the seafood boat at Captain Zack’s Seafood, or chow down on a shrimp taco from Pico Taqueria.
Plan to spend time at the Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge.
—Madeline Weinfield, Southern Living, 20 Oct. 2024
Clam chowder perfectly illustrates how Americans can be adaptive and divisive at the same time.
—Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 26 Sep. 2024
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“Chowder.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chowder. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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