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- DictionaryGru·el/ˈɡro͞o(ə)l/
noun
- 1. a thin liquid food of oatmeal or other meal boiled in milk or water.
1. : a thin porridge. 2. [from to get one's gruel to accept punishment] chiefly British : punishment. 3. : something that lacks substance or significance. the argument was thin gruel.
Gruel is a food consisting of some type of cereal —such as ground oats, wheat, rye, or rice —heated or boiled in water or milk. It is a thinner version of porridge that may be more often drunk rather than eaten. Historically, gruel has been a staple of the Western diet, especially for peasants.
GRUEL definition: 1. a cheap simple food made, especially in the past, by boiling oats with water or milk 2. a cheap…. Learn more.
GRUEL meaning: 1. a cheap simple food made, especially in the past, by boiling oats with water or milk 2. a cheap…. Learn more.
Gruel is a truly unpleasant food — weak and runny, consisting of oatmeal or cornmeal boiled in milk or water. It's the kind of "slop" prisoners and other inmates of institutions were historically forced to eat.
Gruel definition: a light, usually thin, cooked cereal made by boiling meal, especially oatmeal, in water or milk.. See examples of GRUEL used in a sentence.
noun. 1. thin, easily digested porridge made by cooking meal in water or milk. 2. British, Informal, Obsolete. punishment. Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved. Word origin.
