Stew vs. Chowder

Stewnoun

(obsolete) A cooking-dish used for boiling; a cauldron.

Stewnoun

A heated bath-room or steam-room; also, a hot bath.

Stewnoun

(archaic) A brothel.

Stewnoun

(obsolete) A prostitute.

Stewnoun

A dish cooked by stewing.

Stewnoun

(Sussex) A pool in which fish are kept in preparation for eating; a stew pond.

Stewnoun

An artificial bed of oysters.

Stewnoun

(slang) A state of agitated excitement, worry, and/or confusion.

Stewnoun

A steward or stewardess on an airplane.

Stewverb

To cook (food) by slowly boiling or simmering.

Stewverb

(transitive) To brew (tea) for too long, so that the flavour becomes too strong.

Stewverb

To suffer under uncomfortably hot conditions.

Stewverb

To be in a state of elevated anxiety or anger.

Stewnoun

A small pond or pool where fish are kept for the table; a vivarium.

Stewnoun

An artificial bed of oysters.

Stewnoun

A place of stewing or seething; a place where hot bathes are furnished; a hothouse.

Stewnoun

A brothel; - usually in the plural.

Stewnoun

A prostitute.

Stewnoun

A dish prepared by stewing; as, a stewof pigeons.

Stewnoun

A state of agitating excitement; a state of worry; confusion; as, to be in a stew.

Stewverb

To boil slowly, or with the simmering or moderate heat; to seethe; to cook in a little liquid, over a gentle fire, without boiling; as, to stew meat; to stew oysters; to stew apples.

Stewverb

To be seethed or cooked in a slow, gentle manner, or in heat and moisture.

Stewnoun

agitation resulting from active worry;

Stewnoun

food prepared by stewing especially meat or fish with vegetables

Stewverb

be in a huff; be silent or sullen

Stewverb

bear a grudge; harbor ill feelings

Stewverb

cook slowly and for a long time in liquid;

Stew

A stew is a combination of solid food ingredients that have been cooked in liquid and served in the resultant gravy. Ingredients in a stew can include any combination of vegetables and may include meat, especially tougher meats suitable for slow-cooking, such as beef, poultry, sausages, and seafood.

Chowdernoun

A thick, creamy soup or stew.

Chowdernoun

A stew, particularly fish or seafood, not necessarily thickened.

Chowdernoun

A seller of fish.

Chowderverb

(transitive) To make (seafood, etc.) into chowder.

Chowdernoun

A dish made of fresh fish or clams, biscuit, onions, etc., stewed together.

Chowdernoun

A seller of fish.

Chowderverb

To make a chowder of.

Chowdernoun

a thick soup or stew made with milk and bacon and onions and potatoes

Chowder

Chowder is a type of soup or stew often prepared with milk or cream and thickened with broken crackers, crushed ship biscuit, or a roux. Variations of chowder can be seafood or vegetable.