Meaning of GRUEL
| Pronunciation: | | 'grooul
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| | Definition: | | [n] a thin porridge of usually oatmeal or cornmeal |
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| | See Also: | | loblolly, porridge, skilly | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Gru"el\, n. [OF. gruel, F. gruau; of German origin; cf.
OHG. gruzzi groats, G. gr["u]tze, As. grut. See {Grout}.]
A light, liquid food, made by boiling meal of maize, oatmeal,
or fiour in water or milk; thin porridge.
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| | Related Terms: | | albumen, batter, bonnyclabber, breakfast food, butter, cambric tea, cereal, clabber, cobweb, cornflakes, cornstarch, cream, curd, dishwater, dough, dry cereal, egg white, farina, frumenty, gaum, gel, gelatin, glair, glop, glue, gluten, goo, gook, goop, gossamer, grits, gumbo, gunk, hair, hasty pudding, hominy grits, hot cereal, house of cards, jam, jell, jelly, kasha, lath, loblolly, matchwood, mere shadow, milk and water, millet, molasses, mucilage, mucus, mush, oatmeal, pap, paper, paste, porridge, pudding, puffed rice, puffed wheat, pulp, puree, putty, rail, rake, reed, rob, rolled oats, rope of sand, sand castle, semifluid, semiliquid, shadow, shaving, size, skeleton, slat, slip, soup, splinter, starch, sticky mess, streak, syrup, thread, treacle, vein, wafer, water, wheatflakes |
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