porridge

Meaning

1. (British, uncountable, usually) A dish made of grain or legumes, milk or water, heated and stirred until thick and typically eaten for breakfast.
2. (Malaysia, Singapore, uncountable, usually) A dish made of grain or legumes, milk or water, heated and stirred until thick and typically eaten for breakfast.
3. (uncountable, usually) A dish made of grain or legumes, milk or water, heated and stirred until thick and typically eaten for breakfast.
4. (British, slang, uncountable, usually) A prison sentence.
5. (rare, uncountable, usually) A type of thick soup or stew, especially thickened with barley.

Synonyms

gruel

mush

oatmeal

puree

soup

🍲

cereal

congee

kasha

millet porridge

pap

pudding

mess

atole

hot cereal

purée de pommes de terre mashed potatoes

rice porridge

buckweat groats

rice gruel

breakfast cereals

cream of millet

oatmeal

bananas

mush and gravy

bread

🍞

broth

chyle

cornflakes

cream

excess

grit

lump

pumpkin

purée

rice pudding

Translations

bouillie

Brei

pap

Haferbrei

purée

porridge

brij

papilla

moes

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈpɒɹ.ɪd͡ʒ/

Etymology

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.