PORRIDGE

porridge

(noun) soft food made by boiling oatmeal or other meal or legumes in water or milk until thick

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

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.

Anagrams

• Périgord

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



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