gruel
Plural
gruels
1
a thin, watery porridge made by boiling ground grain or meal in water or milk
- The prisoners were given a bowl of gruel for their daily meal.
- During the famine, many families survived on little more than gruel.
- The orphanage served the children gruel every morning for breakfast.
- She made a pot of gruel to soothe her upset stomach.
- The old recipe book included instructions for making oatmeal gruel.