different between grout vs joints

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

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d???nts/

Noun

joints

1. plural of joint

Verb

joints

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of joint

Afrikaans

Noun

joints

1. plural of joint

Dutch

Pronunciation

Noun

joints

1. Plural form of joint

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?w??/
• Homophones: joins, joint

Noun

joints m

1. plural of joint

Verb

joints m pl

1. masculine plural of the past participle of joindre

Swedish

Noun

joints

1. indefinite genitive singular of joint