gruel
noun
a light, usually thin, cooked cereal made by boiling meal, especially oatmeal, in water or milk.
gruels
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pluralof gruel.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Agriculture softened our ancestors’ diets with processed gruels, stews and yogurts, and this fare led to gradually shrinking lower jaws to produce today’s overcrowded mouths.”
From Fox News ● Mar. 18, 2019
Few had ever received Red Cross packages; their guards, almost to a man, had engaged in graft which cut prison fare to watery soups, half-spoiled vegetables, and chalky gruels.
From Time Magazine Archive
Light gruels are best for allaying inflammation, and restoring the tone of the stomach.
Place the sheep in a house, or any comfortable situation, bed it with straw, throw a horse-rug over it, and promote the purging by warm gruels.
From A Treatise on Sheep: The Best Means for their Improvement, General Management, and the Treatment of their Diseases. by Ambrose Blacklock
The diet should consist of milk, diluted with an equal amount of water, broths, gruels, etc., and only soft food should be given for ten days after recovery.
From The Home Medical Library, Volume I (of VI) by Kenelm Winslow
