Gumbo (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

noun, plural gum·bos.
  1. a stew or thick soup, usually made with chicken or seafood, greens, and okra or sometimes filé as a thickener.
  2. okra.
  3. soil that becomes sticky and nonporous when wet.
adjective
  1. of, relating to, or like gumbo.
noun (sometimes lowercase)
  1. a French patois spoken by Black and Creole people in Louisiana and the French West Indies.
noun plural -bos US and Canadian
  1. the mucilaginous pods of okra
  2. another name for okra
  3. a soup or stew thickened with okra pods
  4. a fine soil in the W prairies that becomes muddy when wet
noun
  1. a French patois spoken by Creoles in Louisiana and the Caribbean
Gumbo (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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