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Definition of gruel in English: gruelnoun ˈɡrʊəlˈɡru(ə)l mass nounA thin liquid food of oatmeal or other meal boiled in milk or water. （燕麦片等加牛奶或水煮成的）稀粥 Example sentencesExamples - Many reported feeling depleted and vulnerable and said that the camp food was mainly gruel.
- They were back at the cafeteria, and he was served the same meal as the rest of the men: gruel and potatoes.
- In the morning, they were treated to breakfast, an unappetising meal of high energy gruel that had to fill them until noon.
- For a cart owner, the day begins well before sunrise when he gives his pair of oxen a good scrub and a meal of hay and rice - bran gruel.
- The main crop was oats, barley and wheat, used for the making of bread, porridge, gruel and in the case of the barley, brewing beer.
- Pride of place, however, goes to the contents of a large brown bowl in the centre of the table, which contains a rice gruel boiled in Japanese tea.
- Her older brother's wife had thrown leftover rice gruel beside the cowshed.
- A light diet of mild rasam rice or gruel is followed for the rest of the day.
- A bowl of oatmeal or grits or gruel is set in front of me, but my stomach retches.
- Over the next few days they are boiled with paddy, washed off with fresh water, soaked again in stale rice gruel and patted dry.
- Twice a day inmates receive two pieces of dry bread and weak tea; at midday they are handed a portion of soup or thin gruel.
- It was a gourmet meal compared to the thin gruel we had been living off of mostly.
- It has been two days since I've eaten, and even then it was only a small bowl of thin, runny gruel.
- Their only recompense is thin gruel and some bread at the end of the day.
- Does the idea of drinking graham cracker milk gruel make you laugh or feel ill or both?
- Ayurvedic outlets are being besieged with requests for this mixture of rice gruel and medicinal herbs.
- A bowl of this gruel is a hearty meal all by itself, but there are some serving suggestions that I'll offer up.
- Another traditional dish is gruel or porridge made with the dried fruit of sago palms.
- It is said that the owner often treated his guests to cold dishes, stuffed cakes and gruel.
- She found just enough ingredients to cook up a decidedly thin gruel.
OriginMiddle English: from Old French, of Germanic origin. Rhymesaccrual, construal, crewel, cruel, dual, duel, fuel, jewel, newel, renewal, reviewal Definition of gruel in US English: gruelnounˈɡro͞o(ə)lˈɡru(ə)l A thin liquid food of oatmeal or other meal boiled in milk or water. （燕麦片等加牛奶或水煮成的）稀粥 Example sentencesExamples - In the morning, they were treated to breakfast, an unappetising meal of high energy gruel that had to fill them until noon.
- Twice a day inmates receive two pieces of dry bread and weak tea; at midday they are handed a portion of soup or thin gruel.
- For a cart owner, the day begins well before sunrise when he gives his pair of oxen a good scrub and a meal of hay and rice - bran gruel.
- A bowl of this gruel is a hearty meal all by itself, but there are some serving suggestions that I'll offer up.
- A light diet of mild rasam rice or gruel is followed for the rest of the day.
- It has been two days since I've eaten, and even then it was only a small bowl of thin, runny gruel.
- Does the idea of drinking graham cracker milk gruel make you laugh or feel ill or both?
- A bowl of oatmeal or grits or gruel is set in front of me, but my stomach retches.
- Another traditional dish is gruel or porridge made with the dried fruit of sago palms.
- The main crop was oats, barley and wheat, used for the making of bread, porridge, gruel and in the case of the barley, brewing beer.
- They were back at the cafeteria, and he was served the same meal as the rest of the men: gruel and potatoes.
- Over the next few days they are boiled with paddy, washed off with fresh water, soaked again in stale rice gruel and patted dry.
- Many reported feeling depleted and vulnerable and said that the camp food was mainly gruel.
- Pride of place, however, goes to the contents of a large brown bowl in the centre of the table, which contains a rice gruel boiled in Japanese tea.
- She found just enough ingredients to cook up a decidedly thin gruel.
- It was a gourmet meal compared to the thin gruel we had been living off of mostly.
- Her older brother's wife had thrown leftover rice gruel beside the cowshed.
- Their only recompense is thin gruel and some bread at the end of the day.
- It is said that the owner often treated his guests to cold dishes, stuffed cakes and gruel.
- Ayurvedic outlets are being besieged with requests for this mixture of rice gruel and medicinal herbs.
OriginMiddle English: from Old French, of Germanic origin. |