porridge
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ɪdʒ, ˈpɒr- noun
a food made of oatmeal, or some other meal or cereal, boiled to a thick consistency in water or milk.
Related forms
por·ridge·like, adjective
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| —n | |
| 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) |
| [C16: variant (influenced by Middle English porray pottage) of | |
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Porridge
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Word Origin & History
porridge
c.1532, "soup of meat and vegetables," alteration of pottage, influenced by M.E. porreie, from O.Fr. poree "leek soup," from por "leek," from L. porrum "leek." Association with oatmeal is 1643, first in Scottish.
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Example sentences
IF you are in the mood for a warm belly full of porridge, there is no shortage of raw materials.
Help is good everywhere except in the porridge bowl.
And her favorite snack was porridge, especially with banana mixed into it.
Hungry kids were waiting for those almost-ready ears-after months of porridge, sweet corn roasted in the coals.
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