n.
Pronunciation: ' g ə m-( ˌ )b ō
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural gumbos
Etymology: American French gombo, of Bantu origin; akin to Umbundu ochinggômbo okra
Date: 1805
1 : a soup thickened with okra pods or filé and containing meat or seafoods and usually vegetables
2 : OKRA 1
3 a : any of various fine-grained silty soils especially of the central U.S. that when wet become impervious and soapy or waxy and very sticky b : a heavy sticky mud
4 : MIXTURE , MÉLANGE
– gumbo adjective