What does Porridge mean?

Definitions for Porridge
ˈpɔr ɪdʒ, ˈpɒr-por·ridge

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. porridgenoun

    soft food made by boiling oatmeal or other meal or legumes in water or milk until thick

Wiktionary

  1. porridgenoun

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

  2. porridgenoun

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

    Eat your porridge while it's hot!

  3. porridgenoun

    A prison sentence

    Just do your porridge and keep your head down.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Porridgenoun

    Food made by boiling meat in water; broth.

    Etymology: more properly porrage; porrata, low Latin, from porrum, a leek.

    I had as lief you should tell me of a mess of porridge. Sha.

Wikipedia

  1. Porridge

    Porridge is a food made by heating or boiling ground, crushed or chopped starchy plants, typically grain, in milk or water. It is often cooked or served with added flavourings such as sugar, honey, (dried) fruit or syrup to make a sweet cereal, or it can be mixed with spices, meat or vegetables to make a savoury dish. It is usually served hot in a bowl, depending on its consistency. Oat porridge, or oatmeal, is one of the most common types of porridge. Gruel is a thinner version of porridge.

ChatGPT

  1. porridge

    Porridge is a type of food, typically a hot breakfast dish, made by boiling ground, crushed, or chopped starchy grains or legumes in milk or water. It is often sweetened or flavored and can be prepared with a variety of ingredients such as oats, rice, cornmeal, or quinoa.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Porridgenoun

    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

  2. Etymology: [Probably corrupted fr. pottage; perh. influenced by OE. porree a kind of pottage, OF. porre, fr. L. porrum, porrus, leek. See Pottage, and cf. Porringer.]

Wikidata

  1. Porridge

    Porridge, is a dish made by boiling ground, crushed, or chopped cereal in water, milk, or both, with optional flavourings, usually served hot in a bowl or dish. It may be sweetened with sugar, or served as a savoury dish. The term is usually used for oat porridge; there are similar dishes made with other grains or legumes, but they often have other unique names, such as polenta or grits. A dish made of oats alone, either in crushed or meal form, or whole-grain, is known simply as oatmeal in the U.S.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Porridge

    por′ij, n. a kind of pudding usually made by slowly stirring oatmeal amongst boiling water: a kind of broth, made by boiling vegetables in water. [Through O. Fr., from Low L. porrata—L. porrum, a leek. The affix -idge (= -age) arose through confusion with pottage.]

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Porridge in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Porridge in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of Porridge in a Sentence

  1. Miguel de Cervantes:

    Spare your breath to cool your porridge.

  2. Miguel de Cervantes:

    I never thrust my nose into other men's porridge. It is no bread and butter of mine every man for himself, and God for us all.

  3. State Rep. Keith Murphy:

    It's obviously not meant to appeal to minors, it's a breakfast stout. It's a very heavy beer, like a bowl of porridge.

  4. Gideon Wanjohi:

    The only difference was that unlike the other prisoners, we were given porridge early in the morning before taking our drugs. Nothing more.

  5. Maneo Motsamai:

    I boil water to cook mealie meal (maize porridge) and the power goes. I can’t eat, it’s a waste. I can’t cope like that.

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