English Explanatory Dictionary

porridge

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A dish made of grain or legumes, milk or water, heated and stirred until thick and typically eaten for breakfast.
  2. Oat porridge; oatmeal.
  3. Rice porridge; congee.
  4. A prison sentence.
  5. A type of thick soup or stew, especially thickened with barley.

Pronunciation

/ˈpɒɹ.ɪd͡ʒ/ /ˈpɔɹɪd͡ʒ/ /ˈpɑɹɪd͡ʒ/ En-au-porridge.ogg

Word forms

porridge porridges parritch porage porrige

Etymology

Variant of pottage (“thick soup or stew”), influenced by porray (“stew of leeks”). The "prison sentence" sense comes from the British tradition of serving prisoners porridge for breakfast.

Related words

congee gruel oatmeal stiff porridge

Derived words

do porridge keep one's breath to cool one's porridge Laba porridge pease porridge pine nut porridge plain as porridge plum-porridge porridge belly porridge drawer porridgeless porridgelike porridge pot porridge-stick porridge time porridgy pumpkin porridge red bean porridge rice porridge save one's breath to cool one's porridge Teochew porridge water-porridge
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