[ˈpɒrɪdʒ], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a dish consisting of oatmeal or another meal or cereal boiled in water or milk

- time spent in prison
(e.g: I'm sweating it out doing porridge)


Phrases:

Origin:
mid 16th century (denoting soup thickened with barley): alteration of pottage. Sense 2 dates from the 1950s