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POTTAGE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pottage mean? 

POTTAGE (noun)
  The noun POTTAGE has 2 senses:

1. a stew of vegetables and (sometimes) meatplay

2. thick (often creamy) soupplay

  Familiarity information: POTTAGE used as a noun is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


POTTAGE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A stew of vegetables and (sometimes) meat

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

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

stew (food prepared by stewing especially meat or fish with vegetables)


Sense 2

Meaning:

Thick (often creamy) soup

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Synonyms:

potage; pottage

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

soup (liquid food especially of meat or fish or vegetable stock often containing pieces of solid food)


 Context examples 


Fear!—that legacy of the Wild which no animal may escape nor exchange for pottage.

(White Fang, by Jack London)



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