Chow

ahd-5
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. Food; victuals.
  • intransitive verb. To eat.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To chew.
  • noun. The jowl: used only in the phrase “cheek for chow” (that is, cheek by jowl).
  • To grumble.
  • noun. A word forming part of the names of many places in China, indicating either a prefecture or district of the second rank or the chief city of such a district: thus, Ning-hai-chow may mean either the district of Ning-hai or the city of Ning-hai. Sometimes spelled chao, chau, and choo.
  • noun. A unit of weight in Bombay, used for gold and silver, and equal to three tenths of a troy grain.
  • noun. A unit of the nature of the square of a mass, used in the East Indies in the valuation of pearls. A Madras chow is 48 square grains troy, a Bombay chow 15.7 square grains.
  • noun. A Chinaman. [Colloq., Australia.]
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A prefecture or district of the second rank in China, or the chief city of such a district; -- often part of the name of a city, as in Foochow.
  • noun. a breed of thick-coated medium-sized dogs with fluffy curled tails and distinctive blue-black tongues; -- same as chowchow{3}, n..
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • verb. To (use a tile or tiles to) piece together a winning combination of tiles.
  • noun. Food, especially snacks.
  • noun. A Chinese breed of dog; the chow-chow.
  • noun. A Chinese person.
  • verb. To eat.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. informal terms for a meal
  • noun. breed of medium-sized dogs with a thick coat and fluffy curled tails and distinctive blue-black tongues; believed to have originated in northern China
  • noun. the imperial dynasty of China from 1122 to 221 BC; notable for the rise of Confucianism and Taoism
  • Word Usage
    "Justin chow … btw I watched “Forks” u guys looked great!"
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    Spitz  dynasty  fare  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Bilbao  Bow  Chao  Dow  Frau  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    14-17  Meng  adiacent  advert  basset  
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    verb-form
    chowed  chowing  chows