gumbo

A noun with multiple meanings: it can refer to a type of fine-grained silty soil that becomes sticky mud when wet; a tall annual plant (okra) grown for its mucilaginous green pods used in soups and stews; the pods themselves; or a soup or stew thickened with okra.

• 🇷🇺Существительное с несколькими значениями: тип мелкозернистой илистой почвы, которая становится липкой грязью при намокании; высокое однолетнее растение (бамия), выращиваемое ради слизистых зеленых стручков, используемых в супах и рагу; сами стручки; или суп или рагу, загущенное бамией.

1. Type of soil C1 formal american scientific

   A fine-grained, silty soil that becomes very sticky and waxy when wet, commonly found in the southern United States.

   • The fields were covered in gumbo after the heavy rain.
   • Farmers struggle to work with gumbo because it clogs their equipment.
   • The road turned into sticky gumbo, making travel nearly impossible.

   🇷🇺Глинистая почва

2. Okra plant B2 formal american culinary

   A tall annual plant native to the Old World tropics, widely grown in the southern United States and West Indies for its long, mucilaginous green pods used in soups and stews.

   • Gumbo plants thrive in the hot, humid climate of Louisiana.
   • The farmer harvested a large crop of gumbo from his garden.
   • Gumbo pods are often sliced and added to stews for thickening.

   🇷🇺Окра

   Синонимы: okra

3. Okra pods B1 informal american culinary

   The long, mucilaginous green pods of the okra plant, used as a vegetable in cooking, especially in soups and stews.

   • She simmered the gumbo pods until they were tender.
   • Gumbo pods can be sautéed with onions and tomatoes.
   • The recipe calls for fresh gumbo pods, not frozen ones.

   🇷🇺Стручки бамии

   Синонимы: okra

4. Soup or stew A2 informal american culinary

   A hearty soup or stew thickened with okra pods, often containing meat, seafood, and vegetables, and popular in Creole and Cajun cuisine.

   • We had a delicious bowl of gumbo for dinner.
   • The restaurant serves a spicy chicken and sausage gumbo.
   • She learned to make gumbo from her grandmother's recipe.

   🇷🇺Густое рагу или суп

• gumbos plural form
• gumbos' possessive plural form
• gumbo's possessive singular form