pottage
- a thick soup made of vegetables, with or without meat.
Origin of pottage
Related Words for pottage
porridge, puree, chowder, bouillon, oatmeal, gruel, polenta, concoction, distillation, fluid, splash, elixir, brew, bowl, potpourri, stock, potage, gumbo, decoction, pottageExamples from the Web for pottage
Contemporary Examples of pottage
A knife or fork with horizontal handles does not sit naturally in the curved structure of a trencher or a pottage bowl.
Historical Examples of pottage
He may, to be sure, need the pottage, but the price is too great.
Italy, the Magic LandLilian Whiting
The cook has sipped so frequently at the pottage, he will not eat of it when at table.
Nuts and NutcrackersCharles James Lever
And you regret that the mess of pottage has not been bigger.
The Bramleighs Of Bishop's FollyCharles James Lever
Cut it in two,” he answered, “and season our pottage with one-half of it at a time.
We do not think so meanly of our country that we are willing to sell it for a mess of pottage.
The Ontario High School ReaderA.E. Marty
pottage
- a thick meat or vegetable soup
Word Origin for pottage
Word Origin and History for pottage
"soup, broth," c.1200, potage, literally "that which is put in a pot," from Old French potage "vegetable soup, food cooked in a pot," from pot "pot" (see pot (n.1)). The spelling with double -t- is from early 15c.