: a soft food made by boiling meal of grains or legumes in milk or water until thick
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At Shanidar Cave, 70,000-year-old food remains include coarsely ground grass grains cooked into a kind of porridge-like mixture.
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New Atlas, 4 Dec. 2025
Here, local chefs serve sunrise-hour breakfasts ranging from eggs and bacon to Botswana-style porridges before the morning game drives (also available for those who wish to sleep in).
—Travis Levius, Travel + Leisure, 29 Nov. 2025
Oatmeal is a type of porridge made with oats.
—Cynthia Sass, Health, 5 Nov. 2025
Breakfast and Lunch From a full English breakfast to a bowl of fruity porridge, morning options are bountiful.
—Susanne Fowler, New York Times, 3 Nov. 2025
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New Atlas, 4 Dec. 2025
Here, local chefs serve sunrise-hour breakfasts ranging from eggs and bacon to Botswana-style porridges before the morning game drives (also available for those who wish to sleep in).
—Travis Levius, Travel + Leisure, 29 Nov. 2025
Oatmeal is a type of porridge made with oats.
—Cynthia Sass, Health, 5 Nov. 2025
Breakfast and Lunch From a full English breakfast to a bowl of fruity porridge, morning options are bountiful.
—Susanne Fowler, New York Times, 3 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for porridge
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“Porridge.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/porridge. Accessed 7 Dec. 2025.
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porridge
noun
por·ridge
ˈpȯr-ij 
ˈpär-
: a soft food made by boiling meal or a vegetable in milk or water until it thickens
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