'Gumbo' definitions:
Definition of 'gumbo'
(from WordNet)
noun
Any of various fine-grained silty soils that become waxy and very sticky mud when saturated with water [syn: gumbo, gumbo soil]
noun
Tall coarse annual of Old World tropics widely cultivated in southern United States and West Indies for its long mucilaginous green pods used as basis for soups and stews; sometimes placed in genus Hibiscus [syn: okra, gumbo, okra plant, lady's-finger, Abelmoschus esculentus, Hibiscus esculentus]
noun
Long mucilaginous green pods; may be simmered or sauteed but used especially in soups and stews [syn: gumbo, okra]
noun
A soup or stew thickened with okra pods
Definition of 'Gumbo'
From: GCIDE
- Gumbo \Gum"bo\ (g[u^]m"b[-o]), n. [Written also gombo.]
- 1. A soup thickened with the mucilaginous pods of the okra; okra soup. Especially, A thick stew made with chicken (chicken gumbo), or seafood (seafood gumbo), thickened with okra or file, and also containing greens and often hot spices; it is particularly popular in Louisiana. [1913 Webster]
- 2. The okra plant or its pods. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'gumbo'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- adhesive,
- adobe,
- albumen,
- amylaceous,
- batter,
- bisque,
- bonnyclabber,
- borscht,
- bouillabaisse,
- bouillon,
- broth,
- burgoo,
- butter,
- chicken soup,
- chowder,
- clabber,
- clabbered,
- clam chowder,
- clammy,
- clay,
- clayey,
- clayish,
- clear soup,
- clotted,
- coagulated,
- consomme,
- cornstarch,
- cream,
- curd,
- curdled,
- dough,
- doughy,
- earthy,
- egg drop soup,
- egg white,
- fish soup,
- gaum,
- gaumy,
- gazpacho,
- gel,
- gelatin,
- gelatinous,
- glair,
- glairy,
- glop,
- glue,
- gluelike,
- gluey,
- gluten,
- glutenous,
- glutinose,
- glutinous,
- goo,
- gooey,
- gook,
- goop,
- gravy soup,
- gruel,
- grumous,
- gumbolike,
- gumlike,
- gummous,
- gummy,
- gunk,
- heavy,
- inspissated,
- jam,
- jell,
- jelled,
- jellied,
- jelly,
- jellylike,
- julienne,
- loamy,
- loblolly,
- marly,
- matzo ball soup,
- minestrone,
- mire,
- misoshiru soup,
- mock turtle soup,
- molasses,
- mucilage,
- mucilaginous,
- muck,
- mucus,
- mud,
- mulligatawny,
- ooze,
- oxtail soup,
- pap,
- paste,
- pasty,
- porridge,
- pot-au-feu,
- potage,
- potage au tomate,
- potato soup,
- pottage,
- pudding,
- pulp,
- puree,
- putty,
- rob,
- ropy,
- semifluid,
- semiliquid,
- size,
- slabby,
- slime,
- slimy,
- slip,
- slithery,
- slob,
- slop,
- slosh,
- sludge,
- slush,
- soily,
- soup,
- squash,
- starch,
- starchy,
- sticky,
- sticky mess,
- stock,
- stodgy,
- stringy,
- swill,
- syrup,
- syrupy,
- tacky,
- tenacious,
- thick,
- thick soup,
- thickened,
- thin soup,
- tomato soup,
- tough,
- treacle,
- tremelloid,
- tremellose,
- turtle soup,
- vegetable soup,
- vichyssoise,
- viscid,
- viscose,
- viscous,
- won ton soup