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crowdie

UK/ˈkɹaʊdi/

crowdie noun: gruel or thin porridge.

Noun

crowdie (countable and uncountable, plural crowdies)

  1. (Scotland, historical) Gruel or thin porridge.
    • The old woman shuffled out from the back room with a handful of coal and a bowl of crowdie for the boy.1982, TC Boyle, Water Music, Penguin, published 2006, page 270
  2. A Scottish form of cottage cheese.

Forms of crowdie

pluralcrowdies

Origin of crowdie

Alteration of Early Scots crud (“curd”), cognate with Early Modern English and Middle English crud, crudde (14th c.), crodde, of unknown origin.

Words that rhyme with crowdie

Questions about crowdie

What does crowdie mean?
Crowdie means gruel or thin porridge.
What part of speech is crowdie?
Crowdie is a noun.
How do you pronounce crowdie?
Crowdie is pronounced /ˈkɹaʊdi/ (UK).
What is the plural of crowdie?
The plural of crowdie is crowdies.

Words near crowdie in the dictionary

  1. crowdfunder
  2. crowdfunders
  3. crowdfunding
  4. crowdfundings
  5. crowdfunds
  6. crowdie
  7. crowdier
  8. crowdies
  9. crowdiest
  10. crowdin'
  11. crowding

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