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How to use chowder in a sentence

10 example sentences · noun, verb

Chowder means a thick, creamy soup or stew. Example: “You're finishing the chowder if you sit there (motionless) all evening!”

More sentences with chowder

  • You're finishing the chowder if you sit there (motionless) all evening!From the entry sit
  • You're finishing your chowder if you sit there all afternoon!From the entry if
  • Is the clam chowder made with honest-to-goodness clams?From the entry honest-to-goodness
  • Sounds are also fried by codfishing peoples, or cooked in chowders or stews.1998, Mark Kurlansky, Cod: A Biography Of The Fish That Changed The World, Vintage Canada, page 34. From the entry codfishing
  • Sara, her eyeglasses asteam, was stirring a big pot of quahog chowder.1965, Stanton Forbes, chapter 2, in Relative to Death, Garden City, NY: Doubleday, page 27. From the entry asteam
  • For my appetizer I want clam chowder.2019 December 27, Michael Fountain, “The Cruise”, in Brass September, Bloomington, Ind.: AuthorHouse, →ISBN, book 2. From the entry mashed potato
  • It can be clear clam broth or Manhattan clam chowder (red and tomato-y) or Boston clam chowder (a potatoed cream soup).1978 November, Ellen Stein, “Dining Out: Michigan’s Water Wonder: Seafood”, in Monthly Detroit, volume 1, number 8, page 21, column 3. From the entry potatoed
  • In fact, it's very similar to clam chowder, the main difference being that instead of clams, Cullen skink calls for smoked haddock.2006 March, David Lansing, “HopScotching the Inner Hebrides”, in Christine Richard, editor, Islands, Winter Park, Fla.: Islands Media…. From the entry Cullen skink
  • "Let's to around back 'til I get them groundapples out of their suits or we'll have to open a can of chowder."1983, Clarissa M. Silitch, Little Book of Yankee Humor, page 201. From the entry groundapple
  • Nauticalness virtually overflows from this coffee shop–styled seafood house, from its steamy interior to its patio, where the smell of the salt air goes perfectly with the fresh seafood chowder.1992, “Redwood Empire”, in Laura Hagar, Stephanie Irving, editors, Northern California Best Places: Restaurants, Lodgings, and Touring…. From the entry nauticalness

Meaning of chowder

  1. noun A thick, creamy soup or stew.
  2. noun A stew, particularly fish or seafood, not necessarily thickened.
  3. verb To make (seafood, etc.) into chowder.

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Questions about chowder in a sentence

How do you use chowder in a sentence?
Chowder is used as a noun and verb. For example: “You're finishing the chowder if you sit there (motionless) all evening!”
What is a short sentence with chowder?
“For my appetizer I want clam chowder.”
What does chowder mean?
Chowder means a thick, creamy soup or stew.

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