Chow

Definition: Chow

Chow

Noun

1. The imperial dynasty of China from 1122 to 221 BC; notable for the rise of Confucianism and Taoism.

2. Informal terms for a meal.

3. Breed of thick-coated medium-sized dogs with fluffy curled tails and distinctive blue-black tongues; believed to have originated in north China.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "Chow" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1876. (references)

Note: Chow \Chow\, noun. [Chin chou.]. (references)

Synonyms: Chow

Crosswords: Chow

Italian (chow).

Well, sir, like everybody else, I just followed the crowd at chow time, sir. (A Few Good Men; writing credit: Aaron Sorkin)

Bachelor Chow now with flavor (Futurama; writing credit: Lance Smith; Carl Colpaert)

Sir, if they found out they'd put my hot dog in a bun and chow down (Memphis Belle; writing credit: Monte Merrick)

Going to get a big dish of beef chow mein (Werewolves of London; performing artist: Warren Zevon; writing credit: LeRoy P. Marinell, Waddy Wachtel and Warren Zevon)

Chow Hound (1951)

The Chow Hound (1944)

Chu Chin Chow (1934)

Two-Chinned Chow (1923)

Chu Chin Chow (1923)

Bella Chow (performing artist: The Duras Sisters)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

References

• Chow Sang Sang Holdings International Ltd.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

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Books

• A New Owner's Guide to Chow Chows (reference)

• Cheap Chow Chicago (reference)

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Theater & Movies

• The Monkees, Vol. 07 - Monkees See, Monkees Die / Monkees Chow Mein (reference)

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Music

• Chow Call (reference)

• Like Chow Fun (reference)

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Consumer Goods

• Chow Now 8-piece Tableware Set - Funny Food Faces (reference)

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All in a days work for the members of the 17th FAOB Shooting, running line, stopping for chow, rodman, and observer with transit Image from 17th FAOB Album. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

Chow hall at Point Pitt. Lynn Morgan, in apron, was a great cook. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.

U.S. American National Red Cross Hospital No. 7, Jouy-sur-Morin, France. : The "Chow man" bring mess for the wounded soldiers. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

No Chow! Not Enough Food or The Wrong Kind Of Food... : Prevent Malnutrition By Doing These Things:... Credit: National Library of Medicine.

"Stopping off to visit the galley during his tour of the U.S. Naval Station, Yokosuka, Japan, today, Secretary of the Navy Robert B. Anderson chats with J.T. Breene, Commissaryman First Class, USN (right) ... Looking on is A.L. McNary, Commissaryman First Class, USN ... Breene and McNary help prepare Navy chow for the sailors and Marines serving at the Far Eastern base". Quoted from caption released with this photograph by Commander Naval Forces, Far East, under date of 10 December 1953. Credit: NAVY.

Stops for a helping of dessert from Ship's Cook 2nd Class William Barry, as she goes through a "chow" line at Naval Air Station, Norfolk, Virginia, during World War II. Credit: NAVY.

Chinamen eating chow in a restaurant, Canton, China. Credit: Library of Congress.

Mr. Chow and family in auto. Credit: Library of Congress.

Women Accepted for Voluntary Emergency Service. Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts, becomes the home for WAVES in training. Here, midshipmen take on heavy schedule to learn the duties of an officer in the U.S. Naval Reserve. Chow! The girls eat "tw. Credit: Library of Congress.

Fort Belvoir, Virginia. Noon "chow". Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Expressions using "Chow": cat chow ♦ chow chow ♦ chow down ♦ chow dynasty ♦ chow line ♦ chow mein ♦ puppy chow. Additional references.

Beginning with "Chow": chow-chow, Chow-michiel.

Ending with "Chow": chow-chow.

Albanian

ushqim (aliment, alimentation, alimony, allowance, chuck, comestible, cuisine, diet, dish, eatables, eating, fare, feed, feeding, food, foodstuff, grub, input, meat, nourishment, nurture, nutriment, nutrition, pabulum, pot luck, provender, repast, supply, sustenance, table, tack, Tommy). (various references)

Bulgarian 

храна (aliment, board, boarding, chuck, diet, dietary, eating, edibles, fare, feed, fodder, food, fuel, meal, meat, nourishment, nurture, nutriment, nutrition, pabulum, provender, rations, scran, sustenance, tack, viands, victuals), китаец (chinaman, chinee, chinese, chink). (various references)

Czech

pes (dog, fox terrier, retriever). (various references)

Farsi 

غذا(ز.ع.), سگ خپله , خوراکی (Edible, Larder, Meal). (various references)

French

fourrager (chows). (various references)

German

futter (casing, chows, chuck, coating, feed, fodder, food, forage, lining, nosh, nourishment, provender, swill). (various references)

Greek 

φαγητό (course, fare, food, meal, mess, repast), είδοσ σκύλου (boxer). (various references)

Hungarian

csau színû, kaja (dub, grub, scarf, scoff, scran, tommy), ebéd (dinner, lunch, luncheon). (various references)

Italian

chow, foraggio (chows, fodder, forage, provender). (various references)

Manx

moddey Sheenagh (Pekinese). (various references)

Pig Latin

owchay.(various references)

Portuguese

chinês (Chinaman, chinee, Chinese, cinema). (various references)

Romanian

mâncare (bait, bite, board, bread, cheer, dish, eatable, eating, edibles, esculent, food, grub, meal, meat, mess, plate, repast, table, tuck in, victuals), halealã (chuck, eats, grub, prog, wolfing). (various references)

Russian 

чау, еда (eats, fare, fast food, food, grub, knife and fork, meal, meat, potluck, prog, repast). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

hrana (aliment, cuisine, eatables, fare, food, nourishment, nurture, nutriment, pabulum, prog, provender, tommy, trencher, viands, victual, victuals). (various references)

Spanish

comida (cuisine, dining, dinner, eating, fare, feed, feeding, food, Frankfurter, grub, lunch, luncheon, meal, midday meal, nosh, provender, repast, scoff, scoffing), chow-chow (chow-chow), perro chino. (various references)

Swedish

chow-chow (chow-chow), käk (chuck, dodger, eats, grub, nosh, tack, Tucker). (various references)

Turkish

yiyecek (aliment, comestibles, eatables, fare, food, forage, grub, keep, nurture, prog, provender, scran, tack, tuck, victual), yemek (crop, dine off, dine on, dinner, dish, eat, feed, food, grub, ingest, meal, Peck, repast, scoff, scran), siyah renkli bir köpek, çin köpeği (chowchow). (various references)

Ukrainian

сніданок, їжа (aliment, bait, board, chuck, eating, fare, feed, feeding, fodder, food, meat, nosh, nourishment, nurture, nutriment, nutrition, nutritive, pabulum, potluck, thing, Tommy, viand, victual), харч (nosh, nourishment, nouriture, nutriment, nutritive, provender), чау, вечеря (supper), обід (dinner, felloe, hoop, rim), пожива (nutriment). (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "Chow": chowchow, chowchows, chowder, chowdered, chowderhead, chowderheaded, chowderheads, chowdering, chowders, chowed, chowhound, chowhounds, chowing, chows, chowse, chowsed, chowses, chowsing, chowtime, chowtimes. (additional references)

Words ending with "Chow": chowchow, salchow. (additional references)

Words containing "Chow": salchows. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Chow" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: cahow, chaiw, chauw, chawl, chawn, chewa, chewn, chho, Chibwe, chiwa, cho, choa, chod, choe, chog, choi, chok, chol, Chonwe, chor, chos, chot, chov, chowk, chowl, chown, chowy, chox, choy, choz, chro, chu, chuo, chw, clow, coh, cohg, coow, couw, cwho, Gcho, hco, Khaw, khou, khow, kow, Mhow, ocho. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: cow, how, who.

-2 letters: ho, oh, ow, wo.

+1 letter: cahow, chows.

+2 letters: cahows, chowed, chowse, whacko.

+3 letters: chowder, chowing, chowsed, chowses, cowfish, cowhage, cowhand, cowherb, cowherd, cowhide, cowshed, salchow, whackos.

+4 letters: checkrow, chowchow, chowders, chowsing, chowtime, clownish, cogwheel, cowhages, cowhands, cowherbs, cowherds, cowhided, cowhides, cowsheds, dogwatch, hackwork, inchworm, outwatch, salchows, showcase, wahconda, watchdog, watchout, whipcord, woodchat.

+5 letters: blowtorch, catchword, charwoman, charwomen, chawbacon, checkrows, chowchows, chowdered, chowhound, chowtimes, coachwork, cogwheels, cowfishes, cowhiding, dowitcher, flowchart, hackworks, inchworms, matchwood, patchwork, showcased, showcases, showpiece, showplace, stopwatch, throwback, torchwood, touchdown, touchwood, wahcondas, washcloth, watchdogs, watchouts, watchword, whipcords, whipstock, wholistic, woodchats, woodchuck, workbench.