gruel
(noun) a thin porridge (usually oatmeal or cornmeal)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
gruel (countable and uncountable, plural gruels)
A thin, watery porridge, formerly eaten primarily by the poor and the ill.
• congee
• oatmeal
• porridge
From the noun above.
gruel (third-person singular simple present gruels, present participle grueling or gruelling, simple past and past participle grueled or gruelled)
(transitive) To exhaust; use up; disable; to punish.
• Luger, gluer, luger
Source: Wiktionary
Gru"el, n. Etym: [OF. gruel, F. gruau; of German origin; cf. OHG. gruzzi groats, G. grütze, As. grut. See Grout.]
Definition: A light, liquid food, made by boiling meal of maize, oatmeal, or fiour in water or milk; thin porridge.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
22 January 2025
(noun) memorial consisting of a very large stone forming part of a prehistoric structure (especially in western Europe)
Contrary to popular belief, coffee beans are not technically beans. They are referred to as such because of their resemblance to legumes. A coffee bean is a seed of the Coffea plant and the source for coffee. It is the pit inside the red or purple fruit, often referred to as a cherry. Just like ordinary cherries, the coffee fruit is also a so-called stone fruit.
