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pottage

[ pot-ij ]
/ ˈpɒt ɪdʒ /
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noun

a thick soup made of vegetables, with or without meat.

RELATED WORDS

porridge, puree, chowder, bouillon, oatmeal, gruel, polenta, concoction, distillation, fluid, splash, elixir, brew, bowl, potpourri, stock, potage, gumbo, decoction, vichyssoise

Nearby words

potstone, potsy, pott's abscess, pott's disease, pott's fracture, pottage, potted, potter, potter wasp, potter's clay, potter's facies

Origin of pottage

1175–1225; Middle English potage < Old French: literally, something in or from a pot1; see -age
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British Dictionary definitions for pottage

pottage

/ (ˈpɒtɪdʒ) /

noun

a thick meat or vegetable soup

Word Origin for pottage

C13: from Old French potage contents of a pot, from pot pot 1
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Word Origin and History for pottage

pottage

n.

"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.

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