noun
Meaning 1
Synonym of okra: the plant or its edible capsules.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: okra
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
gumbo
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Pronunciation
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General-American: /ˈɡʌm.boʊ/
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rhymes with -ʌmbəʊ
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CMU ARPABET: G AH1 M B OW0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
A soup or stew popular in Louisiana, consisting of a strong stock, meat or shellfish, a thickener (often okra), and the "Holy Trinity" of celery, bell peppers, and onions.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
A fine silty soil that when wet becomes very thick and heavy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
a soup or stew thickened with okra pods
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: soup
noun
Meaning 5
long mucilaginous green pods; may be simmered or sauteed but used especially in soups and stews
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: okra
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: vegetable, veggie, veg
noun
Meaning 6
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
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: okra, okra plant, lady's-finger, Abelmoschus esculentus, Hibiscus esculentus
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: herb, herbaceous plant
noun
Meaning 7
any of various fine-grained silty soils that become waxy and very sticky mud when saturated with water
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: gumbo soil
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: soil, dirt
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Kimbundu ingomboder. French gombobor. ▲ French gombo Louisiana Creole gombobor. English gumbo Borrowed from Louisiana French gombo, possibly via Louisiana Creole gombo, from Kimbundu ingombo, plural of kingombo (“okra”); compare Portuguese quingombó.
Across languages
Translations
2 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- French: gombo — soup or stew
- Louisiana Creole: gombo — soup or stew