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grout

[ grout ]

noun

  1. 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.
  2. a coat of plaster for finishing a ceiling or interior wall.
  3. Usually grouts. lees; grounds.
  4. Archaic.
    1. coarse meal or porridge.
    2. grouts, groats.


verb (used with object)

  1. to fill or consolidate with grout.
  2. to use as grout.

grout

/ ɡraʊt /

noun

  1. a thin mortar for filling joints between tiles, masonry, etc
  2. a fine plaster used as a finishing coat
  3. coarse meal or porridge
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. tr to fill (joints) or finish (walls, etc) with grout
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈgrouter, noun
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Other Words From

  • grouter noun
  • un·grouted adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of grout1

before 1150; Middle English; Old English grūt; grits, groats, grit
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Word History and Origins

Origin of grout1

Old English grūt; related to Old Frisian grēt sand, Middle High German grūz, Middle Dutch grūte coarse meal; see grit , groats
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Example Sentences

She made several smaller works but in the same style of her large work, out of acrylic and grout.

Regulators also have agreed to turn some of that waste into a concrete-like grout, rather than immobilizing it in glass.

One of the greatest concerns for environmental advocates is a cheaper option that’s been floated by some federal agencies, called grouting, which involves solidifying the waste in specialized concrete.

Lewis makes a thin paste of baking soda and vinegar to clean grout, as well as hard water stains off black matte fixtures.

There was Mrs. Hinch, as she called herself, using a toothbrush to scrub the grout in her bathroom.

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