brose

[ brohz ]

noun

, Scot.

1. a porridge made by stirring boiling liquid into oatmeal or other meal.

brose

/ brəʊz /

noun

1. oatmeal or pease porridge, sometimes with butter or fat added See also Atholl brose

Other Words From

• brosy adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of brose¹

1400–50; late Middle English broys < Old French broez; brewis

Word History and Origins

Origin of brose¹

C13 broys , from Old French broez , from breu broth, of Germanic origin

Example Sentences

Christian Brose, Anduril’s chief strategy officer, said the product was designed to provide the U.S. military and its allies with a way to destroy hostile airborne threats, from small drones up to cruise missiles and manned aircraft, while keeping costs down.

From Los Angeles Times

The Roadrunner moved from a concept to a finished product in the last two years, and costs in the “low six figures,” Brose said, though he declined to provide more details.

From Los Angeles Times

“A few years ago, what we saw coming,” Brose said, “was a new class of threats”: exploding drones that can be launched en masse, which blur the lines between cruise missiles and traditional drones, and cost only tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars to launch.

From Los Angeles Times

“There just wasn’t a reliable capability available to bring these types of threats down,” Brose said, short of advanced defense systems like the Patriot missile.

From Los Angeles Times

Christian Brose, a former Senate Armed Services Committee staff director now at the defense tech firm Anduril, is among military reform advocates who nevertheless believe they “may be winning here to a certain extent.”

From Seattle Times