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Porridge

Porridge Meaning & Definition
Porridge Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Porridge?

[n] soft food made by boiling oatmeal or other meal or legumes in water or milk until thick

Synonyms | Synonyms for Porridge:

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See Also | burgoo | dish | gruel | hasty pudding | oatmeal | rolled oats

Porridge In Webster's Dictionary

\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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