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CHOW
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Chow mean?
• CHOW (noun)
The noun CHOW has 3 senses:
1. the imperial dynasty of China from 1122 to 221 BC; notable for the rise of Confucianism and Taoism
3. breed of medium-sized dogs with a thick coat and fluffy curled tails and distinctive blue-black tongues; believed to have originated in northern China
Familiarity information: CHOW used as a noun is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The imperial dynasty of China from 1122 to 221 BC; notable for the rise of Confucianism and Taoism
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Synonyms:
Chou; Chou dynasty; Chow; Chow dynasty; Zhou; Zhou dynasty
Hypernyms ("Chow" is a kind of...):
dynasty (a sequence of powerful leaders in the same family)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Informal terms for a meal
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Synonyms:
Hypernyms ("chow" is a kind of...):
fare (the food and drink that are regularly served or consumed)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Breed of medium-sized dogs with a thick coat and fluffy curled tails and distinctive blue-black tongues; believed to have originated in northern China
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
chow; chow chow
Hypernyms ("chow" is a kind of...):
spitz (any of various stocky heavy-coated breeds of dogs native to northern regions having pointed muzzles and erect ears with a curled furry tail)
Context examples
They include the Chow Chow, Dalmatian, French Bulldog, and Keeshond as well as the Poodle, Lhasa Apso, and Schipperke.
(Non-Sporting Breed, NCI Thesaurus)
The team fed mice standard chow and either plain drinking water or water with 1% of the commonly used dietary emulsifiers carboxymethylcellulose or polysorbate-80.
(Food additives promote inflammation, colon cancer in mice, National Institutes of Health)
The Chow Chow has a dense, furry, and profuse coat.
(Chow Chow, NCI Thesaurus)
Compared with normal chow diet-fed mice, the high-fat diet mice showed worsened blood sugar, increased triglycerides, a type of fat (lipid) in the blood, and a substantial increase in the numbers of CD8+ T cells in the liver.
(When Liver Immune Cells Turn Bad, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
The researchers pre-exposed groups of rats to either a low or high dose of the probiotic medicine for two weeks before their diet was changed from healthy chow to cafeteria-style food (including cookies, cakes and meat pies).
(Probiotics May Not Always Be A Silver Bullet for Better Health, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
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