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Chow

/tʃaʊ/

Food, especially snacks.

📖 Definitions of "Chow"

noun
  1. 1

    Food, especially snacks.

    "I'm going to pick up some chow for dinner."

  2. 2

    A Chow Chow.

  3. 3

    A Chinese person.

verb
  1. 1

    To eat.

🔄 Synonyms of "Chow"

4 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

WordDefinition
grubnoun(uncountable, slang) Food.
eatsnoun(colloquial) Food.
chow chownoun(South Asia) A chayote.
chucknoun(cooking) Meat from the shoulder of a cow or other animal.

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WordDefinition
eatsnoun(colloquial) Food.
chucknoun(cooking) Meat from the shoulder of a cow or other animal.
chow chownoun(South Asia) A chayote.
grubnoun(uncountable, slang) Food.
foodnoun(uncountable) Any solid substance that can be consumed by living organisms, especially by eating, in order to sustain life.
suppernoun(Midwestern US, Canadian Prairies, Atlantic Canada, South Africa) Any meal eaten in the evening; dinner eaten in the evening, rather than at noon.
mealnoun(countable) Food that is prepared and eaten, usually at a specific time, and usually in a comparatively large quantity (as opposed to a snack).
dinnernounThe main meal of the day, often eaten in the evening.
eatingnounThe act of ingesting food.
lunchnounA light meal usually eaten around midday, notably when not as main meal of the day.
eatverb(ambitransitive) To consume (something solid or semi-solid, usually food) by putting it into the mouth and swallowing it.
chewverbTo crush with the teeth by repeated closing and opening of the jaws; done to food to soften it and break it down by the action of saliva before it is swallowed.
dessertnounThe last course of a meal, consisting of fruit, sweet confections etc.
chounoun(baking) Choux pastry, usually in the form of a small round cake with a sweet filling.
bellynounThe abdomen (especially a fat one).
zhounoun(Chinese contexts) Synonym of congee, a thick rice porridge.
tummynoun(colloquial, often childish) The stomach or belly.
stomachnounAn organ in animals that stores food in the process of digestion.
chunounA surname from Mandarin.
messnouna thing or group of things in a disagreeable, disorganised, or dirty state; hence a bad situation

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