porridge

Noun

Meaning

A food made by boiling some leguminous or farinaceous substance, or the meal of it, in water or in milk, making of broth or thin pudding; as, barley porridge, milk porridge, bean porridge, etc.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

putty pap bouillon mush stock bird imprisonment soup pulp banana paste broth squash cereal stew

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Antonyms

freedom resolution

Hypernyms

dish

Hyponyms

oatmeal gruel hasty pudding burgoo

Phrases with the word

Laba porridge oat porridge amaranth porridge keep one's breath to cool one's porridge save one's breath to cool one's porridge porridge-like

Examples

Spare your breath to cool your porridge. Miguel de Cervantes

I never thrust my nose into other men's porridge. It is no bread and butter of mine; every man for himself, and God for us all. Miguel de Cervantes

Spare your breath to cool your porridge. François Rabelais

One can't spoil porridge with butter. Russian Proverb

If there is no caviar one eats porridge. Russian Proverb

Marriage is not just a porridge that you spit out if it's too hot. Filipino Proverb

Close letter words and terms

Porrentruy porret Porrett porridge belly porridge drawer porridge pot