pottage

[ pot-ij ]

/ ˈpɒt ɪdʒ /

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noun

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

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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Examples from the Web for pottage

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
You British have sold your souls for something less than the conventional mess of pottage.
The Half-Hearted|John Buchan
Coming to the tent of his brother he found him preparing his dinner of pottage.
Best Stories from the Best Book|James Edson White
Once Esau returned weary from hunting, as Jacob was making a mess of pottage.
The History of Antiquity, Vol. I (of VI)|Max Duncker

The man who, even when hard pressed by hunger, sells his birthright for a mess of pottage, is unwise.
Critical and Historical Essays, Volume III (of 3)|Thomas Babington Macaulay
The cook has sipped so frequently at the pottage, he will not eat of it when at table.
Nuts and Nutcrackers|Charles James Lever

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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pottage

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