Definition of "clam chowder" [clam chowder]

• Any of various soups made with clams, salt pork, potatoes, onions, and milk or tomatoes. (noun)

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• "They ordered, the Fish Tank's famous clam chowder and broiled whitefish — from a waiter named Harvey who had once been in Mildred's art class."