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CHOU
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Irregular inflected form: choux
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Puff filled with cream or custard
Synonyms:
chou; cream puff
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Hypernyms ("chou" is a kind of...):
puff (a light inflated pastry or puff shell)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "chou"):
eclair (oblong cream puff)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Any of various types of cabbage
Synonyms:
cabbage; chou
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Hypernyms ("chou" is a kind of...):
cruciferous vegetable (a vegetable of the mustard family: especially mustard greens; various cabbages; broccoli; cauliflower; brussels sprouts)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "chou"):
cole; kail; kale (coarse curly-leafed cabbage)
celery cabbage; Chinese cabbage; Chinese celery (elongated head of crisp celery-like stalks and light green leaves)
bok choi; bok choy (elongated head of dark green leaves on thick white stalks)
head cabbage (any of several varieties of cabbage having a large compact globular head; may be steamed or boiled or stir-fried or used raw in coleslaw)
Holonyms ("chou" is a part of...):
Brassica oleracea; cabbage; cultivated cabbage (any of various cultivars of the genus Brassica oleracea grown for their edible leaves or flowers)
Sense 3
Meaning:
The imperial dynasty of China from 1122 to 221 BC; notable for the rise of Confucianism and Taoism
Synonyms:
Chou; Chou dynasty; Chow; Chow dynasty; Zhou; Zhou dynasty
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("Chou" is a kind of...):
dynasty (a sequence of powerful leaders in the same family)
