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noun
A thick soup or stew, made by boiling vegetables, grains, and sometimes meat or fish, a staple food throughout Europe in the Middle Ages.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, countable, historical, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
An oatmeal porridge.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, countable, uncountable
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noun
A dish made by stewing plantain, beans, or yam in a tomato- and pepper-based sauce.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Nigeria, countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: porridge
Antonyms: none provided
noun
thick (often creamy) soup
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: potage
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: soup
noun
a stew of vegetables and (sometimes) meat
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: stew
History
From Middle English pottage, from Anglo-Norman and Old French potage, equivalent to pot + -age.
