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Chow

 (jō)
See Zhou.

chow 1

 (chou)
n.
See chow chow.
[Variant of chow chow.]

chow 2

 (chou) Slang
n.
Food; victuals.
intr.v. chowed, chow·ing, chows
To eat: chowed down on the meat and potatoes.
[Possibly from Cantonese zaap6, food, miscellany; see chop suey.]
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chow

(tʃaʊ)
n
1. informal food
2. (Breeds) short for chow-chow1
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chow1

(tʃaʊ) Slang. n.
1. food, esp. hearty dishes or a meal.
v.i.
2. to eat, esp. heartily (usu. fol. by down).
[1855–60, Amer.; short for chow -chow]

chow2

(tʃaʊ)

n. (often cap.)
chow chow.
[short form]
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.Chow - the imperial dynasty of China from 1122 to 221 BC; notable for the rise of Confucianism and Taoism
Chou, Chou dynasty, Chow dynasty, Zhou, Zhou dynasty
dynasty - a sequence of powerful leaders in the same family
2.chow - informal terms for a mealchow - informal terms for a meal    
chuck, eats, grub
fare - the food and drink that are regularly served or consumed
3.chow - breed of medium-sized dogs with a thick coat and fluffy curled tails and distinctive blue-black tongueschow - 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
chow chow
spitz - any of various stocky heavy-coated breeds of dogs native to northern regions having pointed muzzles and erect ears with a curled furry tail
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chow

noun
Slang. Something fit to be eaten:
aliment, bread, comestible, diet, edible, esculent, fare, food, foodstuff, meat, nourishment, nurture, nutriment, nutrition, pabulum, pap, provender, provision (used in plural), sustenance, victual.
Slang: eats, grub.
verb
Slang. To take (food) into the body as nourishment:
consume, devour, eat, fare, ingest, partake.
Idioms: break bread, have a bite.
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Translations

chow

1 [tʃaʊ] N (= dog) → chow-chow m, perro m chino

chow

2 [tʃaʊ] N (esp US) (= food) → comida f
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

chow

[ˈtʃaʊ] n (= dog) → chow-chow m
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

chow

n (inf: = food) → was zu mampfen (inf)

chow(chow)

n (= dog) → Chow-Chow m
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

chow

[tʃaʊ] n (also chow-chow) (dog) → chow chow m inv
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
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