Definition of "potage" [pot•age]

• A thick, often creamy soup. (noun)

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• "However winds blow, or time flies, or spoons stir, our potage, which is now so piping hot, will never get cold."
• "Barbara declared afterwards, was magnificent, and plodded her way through bread sponges flavoured with soup, assuring the distressed cook that it was really quite remarkable "potage," and that she had never tasted anything like it before -- all of which, of course, was perfectly true."
• "My secret weapon is hearty vegetable potage; I ate it as a kid in France and have always loved it."