pottage

[ pot-ij ]

/ ˈpɒt ɪdʒ /

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noun

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

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Origin of pottage

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

Words nearby pottage

pot spinning, potsticker, pot still, potstone, potsy, pottage, potted, potter, Potteresque, Potteries, potter's clay

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How to use pottage in a sentence

The effort to tame them can’t be traded away for a mess of union pottage.
Can a grand bargain empower Amazon’s workers and limit corporate power?|Nelson Lichtenstein|March 25, 2021|Washington Post
A knife or fork with horizontal handles does not sit naturally in the curved structure of a trencher or a pottage bowl.
The Strange Way We Eat: Bee Wilson’s ‘Consider the Fork’|Bee Wilson|October 13, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Their beverage is made from rice instead of barley, and their food consists for the most part of rice pottage.
The Geography of Strabo, Volume III (of 3)|Strabo
They have made private terms with the enemy, and sold their birthright for very bad pottage.
The Soul of Man|Oscar Wilde

Take salt with your knife, cut your bread, dont fill your spoon too full, or sup your pottage.
Early English Meals and Manners|Various
Mr. Churchill at Glasgow, showed the real hand and the mess of pottage so amiably offered at Berlin bought no German birthright.
The Crime Against Europe|Roger Casement
It is the spirit of Esau, who bartered the right of the first-born to the promise of the covenant for one mess of pottage.
The Expositor's Bible: The Epistle to the Hebrews|Thomas Charles Edwards

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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