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- US Pronunciation
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- [kroo-dee, kroh-, kroo d-ee]
- /ˈkru di, ˈkroʊ-, ˈkrʊd i/
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- [kroo-dee, kroh-, kroo d-ee]
- /ˈkru di, ˈkroʊ-, ˈkrʊd i/
Definitions of crowdie word
- noun crowdie a porridge of meal and water; brose 3
- noun crowdie a cheese-like dish made by straining the whey from soured milk and beating up the remaining curd with salt 3
- noun plural crowdie a dish of meal, especially oatmeal and water, or sometimes milk, stirred together; gruel; brose; porridge. 1
- noun crowdie A soft Scottish cheese made from buttermilk or sour milk. 1
- noun crowdie (Scotland, now historical) Gruel or thin porridge. 0
- noun crowdie A Scottish form of cottage cheese. 0
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Origin of crowdie
First appearance:
before 1490 One of the 26% oldest English words
First recorded in 1490-1500; of obscure origin
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Parts of speech for Crowdie
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crowdie popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 53% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data about 73% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.
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This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for crowdie
noun crowdie
- oatmeal — meal made from ground or rolled oats.
- gruel — a light, usually thin, cooked cereal made by boiling meal, especially oatmeal, in water or milk.
- mush — a trip or journey, especially across snow and ice with a dog team.
- polenta — (especially in Italian cooking) a thick mush of cornmeal.
- grout — a thin, coarse mortar poured into various narrow cavities, as masonry joints or rock fissures, to fill them and consolidate the adjoining objects into a solid mass.
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