gruel
noun (no plural)
Everyday
A thin, watery food made by boiling oats or other grain in water or milk. It was cheap food for poor people or the sick long ago. (old use) tree →
In the lessons
in tales, gruel is the meagre meal of a poor person or the food given to the sick
Examples
- The orphan ate a bowl of gruel. tree →
- Make some gruel for the sick king. tree →
- The gruel was thin and cold. tree →
Note
nothing for maths
On Mova
- Trees and pragmatics of «gruel» in the school dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- «gruel» in the school dictionary on Mova free.
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