What does "nutraloaf" mean?

A bland food made from various ingredients mixed together and baked into a loaf, served to prisoners instead of normal meals as a disciplinary measure.

What is a synonym for "nutraloaf"?

Common synonyms include: confinement loaf, disciplinary loaf, foodloaf, grue.

Nutraloaf

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Noun

1
A bland food made from various ingredients mixed together and baked into a loaf, served to prisoners instead of normal meals as a disciplinary measure. US, uncountable

Synonyms

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confinement loaf disciplinary loaf foodloaf grue

Etymology

From nutritious (or similar) and loaf.

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