pottage
Americannoun
noun
"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012Etymology
Origin of pottage
1175–1225; Middle English potage < Old French: literally, something in or from a pot 1; -age
Example Sentences
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This spice blend is not only used for pepper soup but also for ukodo, a pottage based on pepper soup, thickened with yams, plantains, or other tubers.
From Salon
Usually I cook a stew or a pottage, which is a bit like porridge but with barley instead of oats; sometimes we do meat on the spit, flatbreads or oatcakes.
From The Guardian
Yet there’s no glue — not a whiff of life or a single substantial, grounding directorial idea — that makes this pottage work scene to scene.
From New York Times
People might have made latkes from lentils, the star ingredient in Esau’s famous pottage in the Book of Genesis.
From Los Angeles Times
For the sake of partisanship — for a mess of pottage — some conservatives are surrendering their identity.
From Washington Post
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