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PORRIDGE

\pˈɒɹɪd͡ʒ], \pˈɒɹɪd‍ʒ], \p_ˈɒ_ɹ_ɪ_dʒ]\

Definitions of PORRIDGE

2006 - WordNet 3.0
2011 - English Dictionary Database
1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language

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soft food made by boiling oatmeal or other meal or legumes in water or milk until thick

2006 - WordNet 3.0
By Princeton University

soft food made by boiling oatmeal or other meal or legumes in water or milk until thick

2011 - English Dictionary Database
By DataStellar Co., Ltd

A food made of oatmeal or other meal boiled slowly in water until it thickens.

1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer

See Gruel.

1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
By William R. Warner

A kind of pudding usually made by slowly stirring oatmeal amongst boiling water: a kind of broth.

1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
By Daniel Lyons

Boiled meal; thick soup.

1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman

A soft food as of meal or flour boiled in water or milk.

1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
By James Champlin Fernald

n. [Latin] A kind of food made by boiling vegetables in water, with or without meat-commonly made by boiling meal or flour in water, or in milk and water, to the consistency of thin paste.

1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language

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