Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: gumbo
IPA transcription: [ɡ'ʌmboʊ]
noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: gumbo
    Meaning: a soup or stew thickened with okra pods
  • Synonyms: gumbo, okra
    Meaning: long mucilaginous green pods; may be simmered or sauteed but used especially in soups and stews
  • Synonyms: okra, gumbo, okra_plant, lady's-finger, Abelmoschus_esculentus, Hibiscus_esculentus
    Meaning: tall coarse annual of Old World tropics widely cultivated in southern United States and West Indies for its long mucilaginous green pods used as basis for soups and stews; sometimes placed in genus Hibiscus
  • Synonyms: gumbo, gumbo_soil
    Meaning: any of various fine-grained silty soils that become waxy and very sticky mud when saturated with water
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