pottage

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

A thick soup or stew, made by boiling vegetables, grains, and sometimes meat or fish, a staple food throughout Europe in the Middle Ages.
An oatmeal porridge.
A dish made by stewing plantain, beans, or yam in a tomato- and pepper-based sauce.

/ˈpɑtɪd͡ʒ/ /ˈpɒtɪd͡ʒ/ en-us-pottage.ogg

pottage pottages

From Middle English pottage, from Anglo-Norman and Old French potage, equivalent to pot + -age.

porridge

potage

mess of pottage pease pottage plum pottage pottinger sell one's birthright for a mess of pottage

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