brose

[ brohz ]
/ broʊz /

noun Scot.

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

QUIZZES

HEED THE VOX POPULI, AND TAKE THIS WORD OF THE DAY QUIZ!

Test your memory on these verbal firecrackers from the week of June 29 to July 5!
Question 1 of 7
anchorite
a granular metamorphic rock.
a person who has retired to a solitary place for a life of religious seclusion.
a hobble or fetter for a horse or other animal.
TAKE THE QUIZ TO FIND OUT

Origin of brose

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

OTHER WORDS FROM brose

bros·y, adjective

Words nearby brose

broomstick, broomstick skirt, broomy, broonzy, bros., brose, brossard, broth, brothel, brother, brother jonathan
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020

Example sentences from the Web for brose

British Dictionary definitions for brose

brose
/ (brəʊz) /

noun

Scot oatmeal or pease porridge, sometimes with butter or fat addedSee also Atholl brose

Word Origin for brose

C13 broys, from Old French broez, from breu broth, of Germanic origin
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012