gruel C2+ Topic:Food & Drink US /ˈɡruəl/ UK /ˈɡruːəl/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 noun a thin porridge of oatmeal or other grain boiled in water The orphans were given only a bowl of watery gruel each morning. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · a thin porridge of oatmeal... porridgepapmushpottageslop Word family Derived forms gruelinggruelling Etymology AI details From Old French gruel ('groats, meal'), from Frankish or other Germanic source related to grain; ultimately from Proto-Germanic *grūtą ('coarsely ground meal'). gruel Old French *grūtą Proto-Germanic View etymology graph -> Topics Food & Drink External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # gruel **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˈɡruəl/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈɡruːəl/ ## Meanings 1. a thin porridge of oatmeal or other grain boiled in water ## Examples - The orphans were given only a bowl of watery gruel each morning. ## Synonyms - porridge - pap - mush - pottage - slop ## Derived Forms - grueling - gruelling ## Roots and Affixes - Root: gruel - Root: *grūtą ## Etymology From Old French gruel ('groats, meal'), from Frankish or other Germanic source related to grain; ultimately from Proto-Germanic *grūtą ('coarsely ground meal'). ## AI Etymology Gruel comes from Old French gruel ('groats, meal'), from Frankish or other Germanic source related to grain; ultimately from Proto-Germanic *grūtą ('coarsely ground meal'). The etymological trail includes Old French gruel and Proto-Germanic *grūtą. As a noun, gruel names a thin porridge of oatmeal or other grain boiled in water. The same family is visible in derived forms such as grueling and gruelling. ## Topics - Food & Drink markdown