peaporridge

noun
UK /ˈpiːˌpɒrɪdʒ/
US /ˈpiːˌpɔːrɪdʒ/

Peaporridge is a warm, mushy food made from peas.

For lunch, Grandma served a bowl of peaporridge with a little butter on top.


OTHER MEANINGS

2. A thick, soft dish of cooked peas often eaten as a simple meal.

The old recipe book called for dried peas to make a hearty peaporridge.

3. A messy, sticky mixture that looks like cooked peas.

After the rain, the path turned into a peaporridge of mud and leaves.

4. A slang term for something soft and lacking firmness.

The mattress was a peaporridge that swallowed you whole.