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grout

English

Alternative forms

  • grewt, grut (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English growte, grut, from Old English gr?t (dregs; coarse meal), from Proto-Germanic *gr?t? (compare Dutch gruit (dregs), German Grauß, Norwegian grut (ground)), lengthening of Proto-Germanic *grut?. Related to grit.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /??a?t/
  • (Canada) IPA(key): /???ut/
  • Rhymes: -a?t

Noun

grout (countable and uncountable, plural grouts)

  1. A thin mortar used to fill the gaps between tiles and cavities in masonry.
  2. (now rare) Coarse meal; groats.
  3. (now rare) (typically used in the plural) Dregs, sediment.
    • 1857, Charles Dickens, Little Dorrit, Book 1, Chapter 5
      grouts of tea
  4. (Britain, obsolete) A kind of beer or ale.

Related terms

  • groat
  • grits
  • gruel

Translations

Verb

grout (third-person singular simple present grouts, present participle grouting, simple past and past participle grouted)

  1. To insert mortar between tiles.

Translations

References

Anagrams

  • Rutog

Dutch

Noun

grout ? (uncountable)

  1. grout

Middle English

Noun

grout

  1. Alternative form of growte

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crout

English

Etymology

German Kraut

Noun

crout

  1. (archaic) sauerkraut

Anagrams

  • Court, Curto, Turco, Turco-, court

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