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Synonyms for pottage

Grammar : Noun
Spell : pot-ij
Phonetic Transcription : ˈpɒt ɪdʒ

Top 10 synonyms for pottage
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Définition of pottage

Origin :
  • "soup, broth," c.1200, potage, literally "that which is put in a pot," from Old French potage "vegetable soup, food cooked in a pot," from pot "pot" (see pot (n.1)). The spelling with double -t- is from early 15c.
  • As in broth : noun soup, usually clear
  • As in casserole : noun dish consisting of a combination of cooked food
  • As in porridge : noun warm cereal
Example sentences :
  • He may, to be sure, need the pottage, but the price is too great.
  • Extract from : « Italy, the Magic Land » by Lilian Whiting
  • The cook has sipped so frequently at the pottage, he will not eat of it when at table.
  • Extract from : « Nuts and Nutcrackers » by Charles James Lever
  • And you regret that the mess of pottage has not been bigger.
  • Extract from : « The Bramleighs Of Bishop's Folly » by Charles James Lever
  • Cut it in two,” he answered, “and season our pottage with one-half of it at a time.
  • Extract from : « Folk-Lore and Legends: North American Indian » by Anonymous
  • We do not think so meanly of our country that we are willing to sell it for a mess of pottage.
  • Extract from : « The Ontario High School Reader » by A.E. Marty
  • Said Periander, "Hesiod might as well have kept his breath to cool his pottage."
  • Extract from : « Familiar Quotations » by John Bartlett
  • I wish Margaret Louise had not sold her birthright for a mess of pottage.
  • Extract from : « Turn About Eleanor » by Ethel M. Kelley
  • The musket that he carried some English fool had sold him for a mess of pottage.
  • Extract from : « To Have and To Hold » by Mary Johnston
  • He is the sprig of bitter herb that makes the pottage wholesome.
  • Extract from : « Backlog Studies » by Charles Dudley Warner
  • But she had not a word of censure for the heir who had consumed his mess of pottage.
  • Extract from : « Ralph the Heir » by Anthony Trollope
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