Synonyms for pottage

Grammar : Noun

Spell : pot-ij

Phonetic Transcription : ˈpɒt ɪdʒ

Top 10 synonyms for pottage

Other synonyms for the word pottage

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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