gombo

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(gum′bō)

gom•bo (gum′bō),USA pronunciation n., pl. -bos.

gum•bo /ˈgʌmboʊ/USA pronunciation n., pl. -bos.

Fooda soup of chicken or seafood, greens, and seasonings, usually thickened with okra: [countable]a hot gumbo.[uncountable]made some gumbo.
Food[uncountable] okra.

gum•bo (gum′bō),USA pronunciation n., pl. -bos, adj.
n.

Fooda stew or thick soup, usually made with chicken or seafood, greens, and okra or sometimes filé as a thickener.
Foodokra.
Geologysoil that becomes sticky and nonporous when wet.

adj.

Gum•bo (gum′bō),USA pronunciation n. (sometimes l.c.)

Language Varietiesa French patois spoken by blacks and Creoles in Louisiana and the French West Indies.

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gumbo, gombo /ˈɡʌmbəʊ/ n ( pl -bos) US Canadian

Etymology: 19th Century: from Louisiana French gombo, of Bantu origin

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