The Collaborative International Dictionary
Gumbo \Gum"bo\ (g[u^]m"b[-o]), n. [Written also gombo.]
A soup thickened with the mucilaginous pods of the okra; okra soup. Especially, A thick stew made with chicken ( chicken gumbo), or seafood ( seafood gumbo), thickened with okra or file, and also containing greens and often hot spices; it is particularly popular in Louisiana.
The okra plant or its pods.
Usage examples of "chicken gumbo".
A huge tureen filled with what looked and smelled like chicken gumbo held center stage, flanked by about five quarts of dirty rice, corn bread, some kind of lettuce-and-tomato salad, and a pitcher of iced sweet tea.
I opened a can of campbell's chicken gumbo soup and I put it on a Sterno stove.
Ford Childress joined us womenfolk halfway through the chicken gumbo.
When the chicken gumbo was served and she had revived, he went on.