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(gru-el) 2 syllables

Definition

noun. a thin porridge made by boiling oats or other meal in water or milk.

Example Sentence

The tasty gruel did not hurt her sore throat as she swallowed.

More Example Sentences

He ate the gruel for breakfast.

Synonyms

porridge; broth

Antonyms

steak

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Rhymes

  • buell
  • crewel
  • cruel
  • dewall
  • dual
  • duel
  • ewell
  • fuel
  • grauel
  • greuel
  • grewal
  • gruel
  • jewel
  • juul
  • kuhle
  • newell
  • ruhle
  • sewall
  • sewell
  • truell
  • uhle

  • accrual
  • refuel
  • renewal

  • nonaccrual
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