Gruel

Meaning

a thin liquid food of oatmeal or another meal boiled in milk or water

A thin liquid food made by boiling cereal (like oats) in water or milk.

Example Sentences

The sick patient could only eat gruel.

The poor children were given a bowl of gruel each morning.

Synonyms

porridge, broth, soup, mush, thin soup

Entry 1

porridge, broth, soup

Entry 2

porridge, broth, mush, thin soup

Antonyms

solid food, stew, curry, thick soup

Entry 1

solid food

Entry 2

stew, curry, thick soup

Collocations

thin gruel, oatmeal gruel, watery gruel, bowl of gruel, eat gruel, survive on gruel

Entry 1

thin gruel, oatmeal gruel, watery gruel

Entry 2

bowl of gruel, eat gruel, survive on gruel