PORRINGER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does porringer mean? 

• PORRINGER (noun)
  The noun PORRINGER has 1 sense:

1. a shallow metal bowl (usually with a handle)

  Familiarity information: PORRINGER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PORRINGER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A shallow metal bowl (usually with a handle)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Context example:

the child was eating pottage from a porringer

Hypernyms ("porringer" is a kind of...):

bowl (a dish that is round and open at the top for serving foods)