1. a thick soup or stew from Louisiana containing okra, meat or seafood, and vegetables
Usage: Southern U.S. cuisine
2. okra, especially when used as a thickening agent in cooking
Usage: Southern U.S.
3. fine silty soil that becomes very sticky when wet
Usage: geology

Examples

• The restaurant serves authentic seafood gumbo with shrimp and crab.
• She added gumbo to thicken the soup.
• My grandmother’s chicken and sausage gumbo recipe has been in our family for generations.
• The gumbo was served over white rice.
• After the rain, the gumbo soil made it impossible to drive through the field.
• The chef’s gumbo contained okra, tomatoes, and spicy andouille sausage.