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por⋅ridge
[pawr-ij, por-] 
ɪdʒ
–noun
| a food made of oatmeal, or some other meal or cereal, boiled to a thick consistency in water or milk. |
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Language Translation for : porridge
| Spanish: | gachas de avena; papilla (para bebés), | German: | das Porridge, | Japanese: | かゆ |
| por·ridge
(pôr'ĭj, pŏr'-) Pronunciation Key
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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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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| porridge | |
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| soft food made by boiling oatmeal or other meal or legumes in water or milk until thick |
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Porridge
Por"ridge\, n. [Probably corrupted fr. pottage; perh. influenced by OE. porree a kind of pottage, OF. porr['e]e, 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.
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