chowder English · revision 1591

+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ˈt͡ʃaʊdɚ/ ''(US)''^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is apparently [[bor|fr|chaudière|t=cooking pot, kettle]],^(AHD)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU) [[der|la-lat|caldāria|t=cooking pot]],^(AHD)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU) from Latin ''calidus'' “warm, hot”.^(Etymonline) It is related to [[cauldron]].^(AHD)^(Barnhart 1995)^(MW Collegiate)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ A dish of fresh fish, especially cod, stewed with pork or bacon, onions and biscuit (1751, American English).^(OED 1989)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(MW Collegiate)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The dish was apparently named after the pot it was cooked in.^(Etymonline) Breton fishermen brought the word and the practice to Newfoundland, and from there they spread to Nova Scotia and New England.^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline) ''Clam chowder'' is recorded from 1822 and is the commonest modern variety, made with milk in New England and with tomatoes in the Manhattan style.^(Etymonline) The word now also covers similar soups without seafood, such as corn chowder.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1732 – verb, to make into chowder.^(MW Collegiate)^(OED 1989)

+ * 1751 – noun, a fish stew, in American English.^(OED 1989)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(MW Collegiate)

+ * 1822 – ''clam chowder''.^(Etymonline)

+ * 1826 – ''chowder party''.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A thick soup of fish or shellfish, especially [[clam|alt=clams]], with potatoes, onions and milk or tomatoes.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU)^(Wiktionary)

+ # A similar thick soup made with vegetables, such as corn.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU)

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+ ===Verb===

+ # To make seafood into chowder.^(MW Collegiate)^(OED 1989)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[clam chowder]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[cauldron]]

+ * [[caldera]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}