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Definition of
gruel noun
from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
gruel
noun
noun
NAmE
/
/
ˈɡruəl
/
/
[
uncountable
]
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a simple dish made by boiling
oats
in milk or water, eaten especially in the past by poor people
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gruel
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