how to pronounce porridge

/ˈpɔːɹədʒ/

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porridge is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of porridge in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… bowl of porridge with quail eggs and a …”

meanings of porridge

noun:

Oatmeal porridge.
A prison sentence.
A dish made of grain or legumes, milk and/or water, heated and stirred until thick and typically eaten for breakfast.
A type of thick soup or stew, especially thickened with barley.

porridge frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word porridge occurs in english on average 2.4 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics porridge can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that porridge can be often used in the following areas:

1) food and health;