porridge

CEFRB1

/ˈpɒɹ.ɪd͡ʒ/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A soft hot food made by cooking oats or other grains in water or milk.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A dish made of grain or legumes, milk or water, heated and stirred until thick and typically eaten for breakfast.

Examples

  • He forgot to stir the porridge, so it became scorched.

  • Miss Pizza and Mr Porridge were walking in the woods.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
1

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. Oat porridge; oatmeal.

  2. Rice porridge; congee.

  3. A type of thick soup or stew, especially thickened with barley.

More examples

In context

  • The old man ate some rice porridge.

  • Just do your porridge and keep your head down.

  • Eat your porridge while it's hot!

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Origin

noun

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.