gumbo

noun (1)

gum·bo | \ ˈgəm-(ˌ)bō

plural gumbos

Definition of gumbo

(Entry 1 of 2)

1 : a soup thickened with okra pods or filé and containing meat or seafoods and usually vegetables

2 : okra sense 1

3a : any of various fine-grained silty soils especially of the central U.S. that when wet become impervious and soapy or waxy and very sticky

b : a heavy sticky mud

4 : mixture, mélange

gumbo

noun (2), often capitalized

Definition of gumbo (Entry 2 of 2)

: creole sense 4a

Noun (1)

American French gombo, of Bantu origin; akin to Umbundu ochinggômbo okra

Noun (2)

American French gombo, perhaps from Kongo nkômbô runaway slave

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gumbo

noun

gum·bo | \ ˈgəm-ˌbō

plural gumbos

: a rich soup usually thickened with okra

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