pottage
UK/ˈpɒtɪd͡ʒ//ˈpɑtɪd͡ʒ/
pottage noun: a thick soup or stew, made by boiling vegetables, grains, and sometimes meat or fish, a staple food throughout Europe in the Middle Ages.
Noun
pottage (countable and uncountable, plural pottages)
- A thick soup or stew, made by boiling vegetables, grains, and sometimes meat or fish, a staple food throughout Europe in the Middle Ages.
- And they have not in many places, neither pease ne beans ne none other pottages but the broth of the flesh.1357, John Mandeville, The Travels of Sir John Mandeville, modernized spelling edition
- He is a portly man, though he lives on pottage and mashes.2009, Hilary Mantel, Wolf Hall, Fourth Estate, published 2010, page 328
- An oatmeal porridge.
- A dish made by stewing plantain, beans, or yam in a tomato- and pepper-based sauce.
- Synonyms:
- porridge
pottage meaning in Tamil and Urdu
pottage in Tamil
- ஆணம்சாறு, வயிறு கழுவுங்கஞ்சி
pottage in Urdu
- آش, شوربا
Synonyms of pottage
Forms of pottage
| plural | pottages |
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Origin of pottage
From Middle English pottage, from Anglo-Norman and Old French potage, equivalent to pot + -age.
Words formed from pottage
Phrases with pottage
Words that rhyme with pottage
Questions about pottage
- What does pottage mean?
- Pottage means a thick soup or stew, made by boiling vegetables, grains, and sometimes meat or fish, a staple food throughout Europe in the Middle Ages.
- What is pottage in Tamil?
- Pottage in Tamil is ஆணம்சாறு, வயிறு கழுவுங்கஞ்சி. See Pottage meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is pottage?
- Pottage is a noun.
- How do you pronounce pottage?
- Pottage is pronounced /ˈpɑtɪd͡ʒ/ (US).
- What is the plural of pottage?
- The plural of pottage is pottages.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: pottage (page history and authors); pottage (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); pottage (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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