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porrige

porrige is the obsolete form 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.

Questions about porrige

What is porrige the obsolete form of?
Porrige is the obsolete form of porridge.

Words near porrige in the dictionary

  1. porridgeless
  2. porridgelike
  3. porridges
  4. porridgey
  5. porridgy
  6. porrige
  7. porriginous
  8. porrigo
  9. porrigos
  10. Porrima
  11. porringer

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