brose

[ brohz ]

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

Origin of brose

1
1400–50; late Middle English broys<Old French broez;see brewis

Other words from brose

  • brosy, adjective

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brose

/ (brəʊz) /


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

Origin of brose

1
C13 broys, from Old French broez, from breu broth, of Germanic origin

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