chow[noun]Synonyms: food, comestibles, eats, edibles, grub, nurture, provender, provisions, viands, victuals, meal, feed, nosh, refection, repast
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I. chow1 /tʃaʊ/
noun[
Sense 1: Date: 1700-1800;
Origin: Perhaps from Mandarin Chinese jiao 'meat dumpling']
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Sense 2: Date: 1800-1900;
Origin: Perhaps from Cantonese kau 'dog']
1. [uncountable] old-fashioned informal food:
I ordered some chow and sat down.2. [countable] (
also ˈchow chow) a type of dog with long thick fur that first came from China
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