gruel
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8.1
- noun
- /ˈɡruːəl/
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- The children were served warm gruel that was nutritious but not very filling.
- a thin gruel
And they have, you know, a cup of warm barley gruel.
- And they have, you know, a cup of warm barley gruel.
- So put on your nightcap, Sup your meagre plate of gruel, and allow me to play the Ghost of Christmas.
- Instead, it's a kind of almost like someone coming, like Oliver coming to beg for another bowl of gruel.
Examples
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Sago is cooked by boiling with water; the paste-like gruel solidifies on cooling and is eaten with fruit relish.
Academic text (1993) -
The whole world would have to come begging for energy like Oliver Twist and his bowl of gruel.
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l see the gruel is ready!
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By the way, love the gruel.
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I hope this gruel gives me extra strength for P.E. today.
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As I spooned up the purple gruel, I took everything in.
Fiction book (1993) -
Many are no longer willing to settle for celery or gruel in schools, prisons, and restaurants.
Academic text (2000) -
Kara made herself a bowl of gruel and a mug of cocoa and fell to.
Fiction book (1992) -
Beef broth and gruel.
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For breakfast, he prepared a bowl of gruel made from oatmeal and milk.
Synonyms
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1.0
Soft cooked oats eaten for breakfast
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1.0
Soft warm food made by boiling oats in milk or water until thick
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4.0
A thick hot porridge made by boiling cornmeal in water
Antonyms
How Thick
Surface Forms
Etymology
Gruel comes from an old French word for a thin porridge made from grain. Think of it as watery cereal that people once fed to the poor or to children, which is why gruel today means a thin, simple cereal soup.