How to pronounce porringer
American English pronunciation
POR-in-jer
- IPA
- /ˈpɔɹɪndʒɚ/
- Syllables
- POR · in · jer (3 syllables, stress on the 1st)
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What porringer means
A small bowl with a handle, used for soft food
In a sentence: The baby ate her oatmeal from a silver porringer.
Where it comes from: It comes from an old word for a small dish for stew, and an extra n slipped in, just as it did in messenger and passenger.
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