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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 Taoismplay

2. informal terms for a mealplay

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 Chinaplay

  Familiarity information: CHOW used as a noun is uncommon.


 Dictionary entry details 


CHOW (noun)


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:

chow; chuck; eats; grub

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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