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fish chowder

fish chowder

1 2.7
A thick soup made with fish, potatoes, and milk or cream
  • noun
  • /fɪʃ ˈʧaʊdər/
  • US
translation icon : sopa de pescado

Examples

  • I ordered the fish chowder and the Boston scrod, and we continued our conversation as we ate.

    Fiction book (2000)

  • We enjoyed a rich bowl of fish chowder, filled with chunks of fresh fish and vegetables.

  • The creamy fish chowder was perfect for warming up on a cold winter day.

  • At the seaside restaurant, the special was fish chowder, which paired beautifully with crusty bread.

Synonyms

soup
vsfish chowder
733 1.0

A hot dish of meat, fish, or vegetables cooked in water

is thicker and usually includes milk or cream and potatoes
chowder
vsfish chowder
  • US
33 3.4

A thick, creamy soup with potatoes and often seafood or bacon

uses a single specific marine animal as main protein rather than mixed seafood

How Thick

casserole
54 2.8
stew
110 1.0
fish chowder
  • US
1 2.7
broth
76 1.0
consommé
  • Specialized
2 8.1

Surface Forms

fish chowder singular
fish chowders plural

Morphology

fish + chowder

The meaning 'a thick soup made with fish' is directly derivable from combining 'fish' (the ingredient) with 'chowder' (a rich milk-based soup). This noun–noun compounding is a common, compositional food-naming pattern that a B1 learner who knows both constituents would readily understand.

Etymology

Fish chowder may come from old sailors' cooking. Fishermen cooked pieces of fish with potatoes and milk in one big pot called chowder, so the name came to mean a thick, creamy fish soup.