From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Foodgruelgru‧el /ˈɡruːəl/ noun [uncountable]DFa food made of oatscooked in water or milk, which poor people ate in the pastExamples from the Corpusgruel• And for the rest of the morning on into early afternoon, HsingHsing eats cake and bamboo and carrots and gruel.• I would feed you with hotgruel.• For her Christmas dinner Ellen brought her a bowl of oatmealgruel.• The high-protein gruelinside is far more valuable than that.• Every morning long lines formed outside, and hundreds of orphans lined up with cans to wait for the gruel.• The consistency should be that of a thickgruel.• The steamyyellowgruel in the bucketsplashed out on to the kitchenfloor.Origingruel(1300-1400)Old French
