porridge

[ pawr-ij, por- ]
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noun
  1. a food made of oatmeal, or some other meal or cereal, boiled to a thick consistency in water or milk.

Origin of porridge

1
1525–35; variant of earlier poddidge, akin to pottage

Other words from porridge

  • por·ridge·like, adjective

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British Dictionary definitions for porridge

porridge

/ (ˈpɒrɪdʒ) /


noun
  1. a dish made from oatmeal or another cereal, cooked in water or milk to a thick consistency

  2. slang a term in prison (esp in the phrase do porridge)

Origin of porridge

1
C16: variant (influenced by Middle English porray pottage) of pottage

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