porridge
Americannoun
noun
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a dish made from oatmeal or another cereal, cooked in water or milk to a thick consistency
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slang a term in prison (esp in the phrase do porridge )
Other Word Forms
- porridgelike adjective
Etymology
Origin of porridge
1525–35; variant of earlier poddidge, akin to pottage
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Example Sentences
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Moma Foods has pulled some porridge pots and sachets from supermarket shelves and warned people not to eat them because of possible mouse contamination at a manufacturing site.
From BBC
Mama was always cooking up nourishing broths and porridges for forgotten old men and pale young mothers—on days, that is, when she herself was strong enough to stand at the stove.
From Literature
Onion and bacon tend to point elsewhere: perhaps a baked potato soup, or a congee-style porridge finished with a fried egg.
From Salon
“Auntie Kafui came and brought porridge, but Ma couldn’t eat it!”
From Literature
They sit in similar registers — closer to porridge than broth, a texture that my brain immediately interprets as nourishing.
From Salon
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