'Porridge' definitions:
Definition of 'porridge'
(from WordNet)
noun
Soft food made by boiling oatmeal or other meal or legumes in water or milk until thick
Definition of 'Porridge'
From: GCIDE
- Porridge \Por"ridge\, n. [Probably corrupted fr. pottage; perh. influenced by OE. porree a kind of pottage, OF. porr['e]e, fr. L. porrum, porrus, leek. See Pottage, and cf. Porringer.] 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. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'porridge'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- albumen,
- batter,
- bonnyclabber,
- breakfast food,
- butter,
- cataplasm,
- cereal,
- clabber,
- cornflakes,
- cornstarch,
- cream,
- crush,
- curd,
- dental pulp,
- dough,
- dry cereal,
- egg white,
- farina,
- frumenty,
- gaum,
- gel,
- gelatin,
- glair,
- glop,
- glue,
- gluten,
- goo,
- gook,
- goop,
- grits,
- gruel,
- gumbo,
- gunk,
- hasty pudding,
- hominy grits,
- hot cereal,
- jam,
- jell,
- jelly,
- kasha,
- loblolly,
- mash,
- millet,
- molasses,
- mucilage,
- mucus,
- mush,
- oatmeal,
- pap,
- paper pulp,
- paste,
- pasticcio,
- pastiche,
- patchwork,
- pith,
- plaster,
- potpourri,
- poultice,
- pudding,
- puffed rice,
- puffed wheat,
- pulp,
- pulp lead,
- pulpwood,
- puree,
- putty,
- rag pulp,
- rob,
- rolled oats,
- salad,
- salmagundi,
- sauce,
- semifluid,
- semiliquid,
- size,
- smash,
- smorgasbord,
- soup,
- sponge,
- squash,
- starch,
- stew,
- sticky mess,
- sulfate pulp,
- sulfite pulp,
- syrup,
- treacle,
- wheatflakes,
- white lead,
- wood pulp