porridge

[ pawr-ij, por- ]

/ ˈpɔr ɪdʒ, ˈpɒr- /

a food made of oatmeal, or some other meal or cereal, boiled to a thick consistency in water or milk.

Origin of porridge

1525–35; variant of earlier poddidge, akin to pottage

por·ridge·like, adjective

I went to get a bag of horse manure and I make it liquid, like a porridge, and then ... bam!

Pensioner Planned Royal Attack With Horse Faeces |Tom Sykes |November 13, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
There, they were presented with 40 crockpots of porridge; stacks of raisins, and piles of spoons.

Live From Art Basel |Isabel Wilkinson |December 4, 2010 |DAILY BEAST
So he thought he'd best boil the porridge, and he filled the pot with water, and hung it over the fire.

East O' the Sun and West O' the Moon |Gudrun Thorne-Thomsen
You can not stew a grindstone or bring granite to porridge, and the wheat-husk is equally obstinate.

The Easiest Way in Housekeeping and Cooking |Helen Campbell

At last the men said, "Go and get your brother to stop the Little Mill, or we shall be drowned in porridge."

How to Tell Stories to Children |Sara Cone Bryant
She warmed the remains of last night's porridge and gave it to Barry with treacle, to keep him quiet.

The Carpenter's Daughter |Anna Bartlett Warner
When she came back with the pound of sugar and a pint of milk, the porridge had had its full half-hour, and was done.

Mother Meg |Catharine Shaw

porridge

/ (ˈpɒrɪdʒ) /

a dish made from oatmeal or another cereal, cooked in water or milk to a thick consistency

slang a term in prison (esp in the phrase do porridge)

C16: variant (influenced by Middle English porray pottage) of pottage