grout
a thin, coarse mortar poured into various narrow cavities, as masonry joints or rock fissures, to fill them and consolidate the adjoining objects into a solid mass.
a coat of plaster for finishing a ceiling or interior wall.
Usually grouts. lees; grounds.
Archaic.
coarse meal or porridge.
grouts, groats.
to fill or consolidate with grout.
to use as grout.
Origin of grout
1Other words from grout
- grouter, noun
- un·grout·ed, adjective
Words Nearby grout
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How to use grout in a sentence
Handheld grout scrubbers are great for getting into tiny spaces up close and personal.
Best spin scrubber: For floors so clean, they squeak | PopSci Commerce Team | March 16, 2021 | Popular-ScienceScrubbing out the grout between your tiles and shining your floor requires different heads as well as power output.
Best spin scrubber: For floors so clean, they squeak | PopSci Commerce Team | March 16, 2021 | Popular-ScienceThe 25-foot power cord makes it easy to move around, and it can be used everywhere from your grout to the inside of your oven.
Best steam cleaner: For floors and furniture that look close to new | PopSci Commerce Team | March 5, 2021 | Popular-ScienceEven the best laid grout eventually needs a good scrubbing—whether for maintenance or deep cleaning—especially in rooms like kitchens and bathrooms, which can get messy quickly.
Grout scrub brushes that tackle even the toughest stains | PopSci Commerce Team | January 19, 2021 | Popular-ScienceFor punishing grout grimeThere’s definitely something to be said for taking a toothbrush and some baking soda to dingey tile grout and scrubbing like hell.
7 gifts to take the stress out of stress-cleaning | Jessica Boddy | December 16, 2020 | Popular-Science
grout had studied French at McGill University in Montreal; she replies gracefully: “Zheneeferr.”
Boston Irish Girl Jennifer Grout Is The Unexpected Star Of ‘Arabs Got Talent’ | Michael Pizzi | December 5, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST“It gave me a really good feeling and it kind of took me to another place, so to speak,” grout said.
Boston Irish Girl Jennifer Grout Is The Unexpected Star Of ‘Arabs Got Talent’ | Michael Pizzi | December 5, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTAfter a stopover in Paris—she briefly worked as a subway busker, singing in Arabic for tips—grout returned to Morocco.
Boston Irish Girl Jennifer Grout Is The Unexpected Star Of ‘Arabs Got Talent’ | Michael Pizzi | December 5, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTBut the shock of hearing someone who looks like grout sing in unaccented Arabic soon dissipated and the crowd fell deadly silent.
Boston Irish Girl Jennifer Grout Is The Unexpected Star Of ‘Arabs Got Talent’ | Michael Pizzi | December 5, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTAt home in the city, they bike to work and use recycled grout.
The use of grout is, therefore, a sign of inefficient workmanship, and should not be countenanced in good work.
grout is thin liquid mortar, and is legitimately used in gauged arches and other work when fine joints are desired.
The epitaph of Sir Jenkin grout is not wholly unintelligible to the present age.
Essays | Ralph Waldo EmersonThe cement grout filler is applied in the same general manner as the bituminous filler.
American Rural Highways | T. R. AggThe surface should be covered with sand and be kept moist until the cement grout has set.
American Rural Highways | T. R. Agg
British Dictionary definitions for grout
/ (ɡraʊt) /
a thin mortar for filling joints between tiles, masonry, etc
a fine plaster used as a finishing coat
coarse meal or porridge
(tr) to fill (joints) or finish (walls, etc) with grout
Origin of grout
1Derived forms of grout
- grouter, noun
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