porridge
(noun) soft food made by boiling oatmeal or other meal or legumes in water or milk until thick
Source: WordNet® 3.1
porridge (usually uncountable, plural porridges)
A dish made of grain or legumes, milk and/or water, heated and stirred until thick and typically eaten for breakfast.
(chiefly, Britain) Oatmeal porridge.
(British, slang) A prison sentence.
(rare) A type of thick soup or stew, especially thickened with barley.
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Source: Wiktionary
Por"ridge, n. Etym: [Probably corrupted fr. pottage; perh. influenced by OE. porree a kind of pottage, OF. porrée, fr. L. porrum, porrus, leek. See Pottage, and cf. Porringer.]
Definition: A food made by boiling some leguminous or farinaceous substance, or the meal of it, in water or in milk, making of broth or thin pudding; as, barley porridge, milk porridge, bean porridge, etc.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
4 April 2025
(verb) kill by cutting the head off with a guillotine; “The French guillotined many Vietnamese while they occupied the country”
Decaffeinated coffee is not caffeine-free. Studies from the National Institute of Health (US) have shown that virtually all decaf coffee types contain caffeine. A 236-ml (8-oz) cup of decaf coffee contains up to 7 mg of caffeine, whereas a regular cup provided 70-140 mg.
