Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

water gruel

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.44 in modern English

Syllables: wa-ter -gru-el
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A thin food made of water cooked with a small portion of oatmeal or similar substance, sometimes seasoned with other ingredients.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"[A]t the very time when he was so very humane to poor Richardson, he absolutely suffered his own uncle and aunt to sell their beds to support them in water-gruel […]."

Usage

Inflected Forms

water gruels (plural)

Questions

What does water gruel mean?: A thin food made of water cooked with a small portion of oatmeal or similar substance, sometimes seasoned with other ingredients.

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