Word Of The Day

gumbo

gumbo • \GUM-boh\  • noun
Gumbo refers to a soup thickened with okra pods or filé and containing meat or seafoods and usually vegetables. The word is also used figuratively to refer to a mixture or blend of something.

// The reputation of the family’s gumbo guaranteed them an invitation to any and all neighborhood potlucks.

// She draws her artistic inspiration from the city’s rich gumbo of musical styles.

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Examples:
“Gram and Aunt Rachel got a big bucket of gumbo on the way home ... and we ate it out of the container with plastic spoons in front of the clubhouse TV, watching episode after episode of Jeopardy!, none of us wagering any answers. Gull sat in my lap and picked out the okra.” — Tennessee Hill, Girls with Long Shadows: A Novel, 2025

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