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Definitions for Gumbo

[1] a stew or thick soup, usually made with chicken or seafood, greens, and okra or sometimes filé as a thickener.
[2] okra.
[3] soil that becomes sticky and nonporous when wet.
[4] of, relating to, or like gumbo.
[5] a French patois spoken by blacks and Creoles in Louisiana and the French West Indies.
[6] the mucilaginous pods of okra
[7] another name for okra
[8] a soup or stew thickened with okra pods
[9] a fine soil in the W prairies that becomes muddy when wet
[10] (sometimes not capital) a French patois spoken by Creoles in Louisiana and the Caribbean

Words related to Gumbo

porridge, puree, chowder, bouillon, concoction, distillation, fluid, splash, elixir, brew, bowl, potpourri, stock, potage, decoction, pottage, vichyssoise, borscht, dishwater, olio

Words nearby Gumbo

gum thus, gum tragacanth, gum tree, gum up, gumball, gumbo, gumbo-limbo, gumboil, gumboot, gumboots, gumbotil

Origin of Gumbo

1795–1805, Americanism ; < Louisiana French gombo, gumbo < a Bantu language; compare Umbundu ochinggombo, Luba chinggombo okra

Word origin for Gumbo

see gumbo

Synonyms for Gumbo

bouillon, chowder, porridge, puree, borscht, bowl, brew, concoction, decoction, dishwater, distillation, elixir, fluid, potage, potpourri, pottage, splash, stock, vichyssoise, consommé, hodge-podge, olio