pottage — English Dictionary

Noun

1. A thick soup or stew, made by boiling vegetables, grains, and sometimes meat or fish, a staple food throughout Europe in the Middle Ages.

   Usage

   • Archaic
   • Countable
   • Historical
   • Uncountable

   Examples

   And they have not in many places, neither pease ne beans ne none other pottages but the broth of the flesh.

   He is a portly man, though he lives on pottage and mashes.

2. An oatmeal porridge.

   Usage

   • Archaic
   • Countable
   • Uncountable

3. A dish made by stewing plantain, beans, or yam in a tomato- and pepper-based sauce.

   Usage

   • Nigeria
   • Countable
   • Uncountable

   Synonyms

   porridge

Noun

1. a stew of vegetables and (sometimes) meat

   Broader terms

   stew

2. thick (often creamy) soup

   Synonyms

   potage

   Broader terms

   soup