noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
oats
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Margaret fed me porridge oats dusty with salt.
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Crush the cornflakes and mix with the porridge oats , then sprinkle over the fruit.
■ VERB
eat
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They persuaded their father to let them use it to eat their porridge and this became a habit with them.
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For breakfast the family eats a thin maize porridge made from dried milk, prepared over an open fire.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Eat plenty of wholefoods, such as wholemeal bread, rice and pasta, sugar-free cereals, porridge , nut pulses and seeds.
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Goldilocks had to choose which bowl of porridge to eat.
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Inside, Goldilocks discovered three bowls of porridge on the table and realized she was hungry.
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Mixed protein dishes include cheese sandwiches, beans on toast and porridge that is made with milk.
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She bought bread and orange juice and cornflakes and porridge .
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She put the porridge on to cook and started to sweep the room.
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The magic porridge pot that has spewed forth riches in the past may work for us for a few decades more.
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The rush-hour traffic in the city centre had been as thick as a plate of home-made porridge !