New England clam chowder
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- noun
- /nuː ˈɪŋɡlənd klæm ˈʧaʊdər/
- US
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sopa de almejas de Nueva Inglaterra
- She paired her lobster roll with a delicious bowl of New England clam chowder for lunch.
Examples
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That's why fries and New England clam chowder for you amazing.
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The New England clam chowder was notable as well.
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New England clam chowder.
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If you are in the South and you do a great barbecue and also great New England clam chowder, how can that one chef be adept enough at both?
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On a cold day, nothing warms you up quite like a bowl of New England clam chowder.
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At the seafood festival, they served freshly made New England clam chowder that everyone loved.
Synonyms
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A thick, creamy soup with clams, potatoes, and onions, often made with milk
Surface Forms
Morphology
New + England + clam + chowder
The meaning is transparently compositional: 'New England' specifies the regional style, 'clam' names the main ingredient, and 'chowder' denotes a thick, creamy soup. This place + ingredient + dish pattern is straightforward and cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows the constituent words would understand it refers to the New England–style clam soup.
Etymology
New England clam chowder comes from cooks on the cold New England coast who mixed clams, milk, potatoes and salt pork into a hot, thick pot to warm fishermen. So today the name means 'a thick, creamy clam soup' and brings to mind that warm, filling bowl.