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porridge

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por·ridge  (pôrj, pr-)
n.
A soft food made by boiling oatmeal or another meal in water or milk.

[Alteration of pottage (influenced by obsolete porray, vegetable soup, from Middle English porreie, from Old French poree, leek soup, from por, leek, from Latin porrum).]

porridg·y adj.

porridge
Noun
1. a dish made of oatmeal or other cereal, cooked in water or milk
2. Chiefly Brit slang a term of imprisonment [variant of pottage]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.porridgeporridge - soft food made by boiling oatmeal or other meal or legumes in water or milk until thick
dish - a particular item of prepared food; "she prepared a special dish for dinner"
rolled oats, oatmeal - meal made from rolled or ground oats
hasty pudding - sweetened porridge made of tapioca or flour or oatmeal cooked quickly in milk or water
gruel - a thin porridge (usually oatmeal or cornmeal)
burgoo, oatmeal - porridge made of rolled oats
Translations
Spanish porridge [ˈpɔrɪdʒ] ngachas fpl de avena
French porridge [ˈpɔrɪdʒ] nporridge m
German porridge [ˈpɔrɪdʒ] nHaferbrei m, Porridge nt
Italian porridge [ˈpɔrɪdʒ] nporridge m

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After this they arrived at the Satyr's home, and soon the Satyr put a smoking dish of porridge before him.
Pigling ate the peel, and washed up the porridge plates in the bucket.
As it was, I could find no words, neither black nor white, but handed him the letter, and sat down to the porridge with as little appetite for meat as ever a young man had.
 
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