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Definition of porridge - 2 dictionary results

por⋅ridge

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

Origin:
1525–35; var. of earlier poddidge, akin to pottage


por⋅ridge⋅like, adjective
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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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