Definition of PORRIDGE

porridge

Plural: porridges

Noun

  • A soft food made from boiling oats or other grains in liquid.
  • soft food made by boiling oatmeal or other meal or legumes in water or milk until thick
  • A dish made of grain or legumes, milk or water, heated and stirred until thick and typically eaten for breakfast.
  • A dish made of grain or legumes, milk or water, heated and stirred until thick and typically eaten for breakfast.
  • Oat porridge; oatmeal.
  • A dish made of grain or legumes, milk or water, heated and stirred until thick and typically eaten for breakfast.
  • Rice porridge; congee.
  • A prison sentence.
  • A type of thick soup or stew, especially thickened with barley.

Examples

  • Eat your porridge while it's hot!
  • Just do your porridge and keep your head down.
  • The long game felt as comforting and slow as a bowl of warm porridge.

Origin / 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.

Scrabble Score: 12

porridge: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
porridge: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
porridge: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 14

porridge: valid Words With Friends Word