- pot·tage
- /ˈpɑːtıʤ/ noun [noncount]old-fashioned : a thick soup of vegetables and often meat: something that has little or no value
They sold/traded their birthright for a mess of pottage.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
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pot|tage — «POT ihj», noun. a thick soup of vegetables or of vegetables and meat. ╂[Middle English potage < Old French < pot pot (< Vulgar Latin pottus) + age age] … Useful english dictionary
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tage — ad·ju·tage; agio·tage; bal·lo·tage; beau·mon·tage; bru·tage; cab·o·tage; cen·tage; chan·tage; col·ma·tage; col·por·tage; cot·tage; cut·tage; dé·col·le·tage; en·cas·tage; es·ca·mo·tage; flo·tage; frot·tage; grat·tage; hos·tage·ship; in·her·i·tage; … English syllables
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pottage — pot·tage … English syllables
pottage — pot•tage [[t]ˈpɒt ɪdʒ[/t]] n. coo a thick soup made of vegetables, with or without meat • Etymology: 1175–1225; ME potage < OF; see pot I, age … From formal English to slang
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