chow

Other forms of chow

plural

chows·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about chow

What does chow mean?

chow means "the imperial dynasty of China from 1122 to 221 BC; notable for the rise of Confucianism and Taoism". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in chow?

chow has 1 syllable: chow. In IPA it is /ˈtʃaʊ/.

What is another word for chow?

Close synonyms include Zhou, Zhou dynasty, Chou, Chou dynasty, Chow dynasty. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is chow a common word?

chow is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with chow?

1 word rhymes with chow. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.