noun
- A thick porridge made from oatmeal, typically eaten as a breakfast dish.
Usage: Scottish and Northern English dialect; Also spelled 'porridge' in standard English
Examples
- She stirred the parritch over the fire until it reached the right consistency.
- A warm bowl of parritch was a staple breakfast in the Scottish Highlands.
- The children ate their parritch with a drizzle of honey.
- He preferred his parritch thick and creamy rather than thin and runny.