pottage

Noun
US[pot-uhj]/ˈpɑtədʒ/2 syllables
Synonyms: potage

Open English WordNet

Noun (2)

  1. a stew of vegetables and (sometimes) meatType of stew
  2. thick (often creamy) soupSynonyms: potageType of soup
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

Pot′tage (?; 48), noun

Origin: F. potage, fr. pot pot. See Pot, and cf. Porridge, Porringer.

A kind of food made by boiling vegetables or meat, or both together, in water, until soft; a thick soup or porridge. [Written also potage.] Geoffrey Chaucer

Then Jacob gave Esau bread and pottage of lentils.— Gen. xxv. 34.

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54

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