CHOW CHOW

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does chow chow mean? 

• CHOW CHOW (noun)
  The noun CHOW CHOW has 1 sense:

1. 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 CHOW used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CHOW CHOW (noun)

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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 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)