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gruel

/ˈɡruːəl/noun

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noun
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    [U]

    a simple dish made by boiling oats or other grain in milk or water, eaten especially in the past by poor people

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    • The prisoners were given thin gruel to eat.
    • In Oliver Twist, the orphans live on gruel.

    Synonyms porridge

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gruelling adjective