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Word entry · 5 letters

gumbo

Best crossword clue

"Cajun stew"

5 letters · collected on this word page

5 lettersPronunciation /ˈɡʌm.boʊ/Part of speech nounSorted bgmouStarts with GEnds with O1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. a soup or stew thickened with okra pods

Word origin

Borrowed from Louisiana French gombo, possibly via Louisiana Creole gombo, from Kimbundu ingombo, plural of kingombo (“okra”); compare Portuguese quingombó.

Used in a sentence

  • The team stuck fast in the black muck, and every effort to extricate them served only to imbed them more hopelessly in the sticky gumbo.
  • The red gumbo soil uttered ugly sucking sounds at the touch of a man's boot.

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