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porridges

porridges is the plural of porridge.

Meaning of porridge

Noun

porridge (usually uncountable, plural porridges)

  1. (usually) A dish made of grain or legumes, milk or water, heated and stirred until thick and typically eaten for breakfast.
    • Eat your porridge while it's hot!
    1. (UK, usually) Oat porridge; oatmeal.
    2. (Malaysia, Singapore, usually) Rice porridge; congee.
  2. (UK, slang, usually) A prison sentence.
    • Just do your porridge and keep your head down.
  3. (rare, usually) A type of thick soup or stew, especially thickened with barley.

Phrases with porridges

Questions about porridges

What is porridges the plural of?
Porridges is the plural of porridge.

Words near porridges in the dictionary

  1. porridge time
  2. porridge-stick
  3. porridge-sticks
  4. porridgeless
  5. porridgelike
  6. porridges
  7. porridgey
  8. porridgy
  9. porrige
  10. porriginous
  11. porrigo

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