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Webster 1913 Edition
Porridge
Por′ridge
,Noun.
[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
.] 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.Webster 1828 Edition
Porridge
POR'RIDGE
,Noun.
A kind of food made by boiling meat in water; broth.
This mixture is usually called in America, broth or soup, but not porridge. With us, porridge is a mixture of meal or flour, boiled with water. Perhaps this distinction is not always observed.
Definition 2024
porridge
porridge
English
Alternative forms
Noun
porridge (usually uncountable, plural porridges)
- A type of thick soup or stew, especially thickened with barley.
- (chiefly Britain) A dish made of grain or legumes, milk and/or water, heated and stirred until thick and typically eaten for breakfast.
- Eat your porridge while it's hot!
- 1922, Michael Arlen, chapter 1/1/2, in “Piracy”: A Romantic Chronicle of These Days:
- There were rumours, new rumours every morning, delightful and outrageous rumours, so that the lumps in the porridge were swallowed without comment and the fish-cakes were eaten without contumely.
- (British slang) A prison sentence.
- Just do your porridge and keep your head down.
Translations
breakfast cereal dish — See also translations at : oatmeal
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