porridge Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun soft food made by boiling oatmeal or other meal or legumes in water or milk until thick

WordNet

Por"ridge noun
Etymology
Probably corrupted fr. pottage; perh. influenced by OE. porree a kind of pottage, OF. porrée, fr. L. porrum, porrus, leek. See Pottage, and cf. Porringer.
Definitions
  1. 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.

Webster 1913