[pawr-ij, por-] 
| a food made of oatmeal, or some other meal or cereal, boiled to a thick consistency in water or milk. |
| por·ridge (pôr'ĭj, pŏr'-) 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).] por'ridg·y adj. |
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