🥣Gruel (gruel)

noun
/ɡruːəl/
bouillie (bouillie)

Signification

a thin liquid food of oatmeal or another meal boiled in milk or water
A thin liquid food made by boiling cereal (like oats) in water or milk.
Traduction de la signification
un aliment liquide léger fait d'avoine ou d'un autre grain cuit dans du lait ou de l'eau
un aliment liquide leger fait d'avoine ou d'un autre grain cuit dans du lait ou de l'eau

Phrases d'exemple

The sick patient could only eat gruel.

Le patient malade n'a pu manger que de la bouillie.
Le patient malade n'a pu manger que de la bouillie.

The poor children were given a bowl of gruel each morning.

Les enfants pauvres recevaient un bol de bouillie chaque matin.
Les enfants pauvres recevaient un bol de bouillie chaque matin.

Synonymes

porridge, broth, soup, mush, thin soup
Entrée 1
porridge, broth, soup
Entrée 2
porridge, broth, mush, thin soup

Antonymes

solid food, stew, curry, thick soup
Entrée 1
solid food
Entrée 2
stew, curry, thick soup

Collocations

thin gruel, oatmeal gruel, watery gruel, bowl of gruel, eat gruel, survive on gruel
Entrée 1
thin gruel, oatmeal gruel, watery gruel
Entrée 2
bowl of gruel, eat gruel, survive on gruel

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