porridge

Meaning

Noun

• A dish made of grain or legumes, milk and/or water, heated and stirred until thick and typically eaten for breakfast.
• Oatmeal porridge.
• A prison sentence.
• A type of thick soup or stew, especially thickened with barley.

Origin

• Variant of pottage, influenced by porray. The "prison sentence" sense comes from the British tradition of serving prisoners porridge for breakfast.