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Definition of Porridge

1. Noun. Soft food made by boiling oatmeal or other meal or legumes in water or milk until thick.

Definition of Porridge

1. n. A food made by boiling some leguminous or farinaceous substance, or the meal of it, in water or in milk, making of broth or thin pudding; as, barley porridge, milk porridge, bean porridge, etc.

Definition of Porridge

1. Noun. A type of thick soup or stew, especially thickened with barley. ¹

2. Noun. A dish made of grain or legumes, milk and/or water, heated and stirred until thick and typically eaten for breakfast. ¹

3. Noun. (British slang) A prison sentence ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Porridge

1. a soft food [n -S] : PORRIDGY [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Porridge

Literary usage of Porridge

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. St. Nicholas by Mary Mapes Dodge (1881)
"Pea- porridge," they all called it. Mother Goose has been dead so long now that ... It was a gala day for the children when Barbara made pease-porridge; ..."

2. A Concise Etymological Dictionary of the English Language by Walter William Skeat (1901)
"porridge. (F.) Another form of pottage, which first became ... It means a small dish for porridge (above). Fort (2), a harbour. (L.) ME port. AS part. ..."

3. The Heart of Oak Books by Charles Eliot Norton, Kate Stephens (1893)
"Pease porridge hot, Pease porridge cold, Pease porridge in the pot Nine days old. Spell me that in four letters? I will. That, THAT. ..."

4. Games and Songs of American Children by William Wells Newell (1903)
"Pease porridge Hot. New York. This familiar little rhyme is accompanied by two ... Pease porridge hot, Pease porridge cold, Pease porridge in the pot, ..."

5. Games and Songs of American Children by William Wells Newell (1884)
"Pease porridge Hot. New York. This familiar little rhyme is accompanied by two ... Pease porridge hot, Pease porridge cold, Pease porridge in the pot, ..."

6. Edinburgh Medical Journal (1876)
"132 per min. 156 per mln. 136 per min. 152 per ma. Supper — porridge ... Supper — porridge and milk. ARTICLE VII.— On the Treatment of a Severe Form of the ..."

7. Antiquities of Long Island by Gabriel Furman, Henry Onderdonk, Frank Moore (1875)
"SAMP porridge.—It is now, and has been for very many vears past, ... This preparation they use in making their celebrated " samp porridge," a high favorite ..."

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