grout
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grout¹
- /ɡɹaʊt/ UK, US
- /ɡɹʌut/ Canada
- /ɡɹæɔt/ Australia
Rhymes with -aʊt
Where it comes from
From Middle English growte, grut, from Old English grūt (“dregs; coarse meal”), from Proto-West Germanic *grūt, from Proto-Germanic *grūtą (compare Dutch gruit (“dregs”), German Grauß, Norwegian grut (“ground”)), lengthening of Proto-Germanic *grutą, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʰer- (“to grind, rub”). Related to grit.
noun grouts · grewt · groute · grut
- A thin mortar used to fill the gaps between tiles and cavities in masonry.
- Coarse meal; groats.
- Dregs, sediment. grouts of tea
- A kind of beer or ale.
verb grouts · grouting · grouted · grewt · groute
- To insert mortar between tiles. I spent the whole afternoon grouting the kitchen floor.
- To affix with mortar. The year before the pandemic, a sump tank attached to a waste pond sprang a leak and had to be grouted shut.
Grout²
Where it comes from
English surname, from the noun grout.
proper noun Grouts
- A surname.
Translations
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noun mortar used between tiles
| Español | fragüe, rejunte, lechada |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | グラウト |
| Português | rejunte |
| Français | enduit de jointement, coulis |
| Deutsch | Fugenmörtel |
| Italiano | malta, boiacca, impasto cemento sabbia acqua |
| Română | chit, mortar de rostuire |
| Русский | раство́р rastvór, затирка zatirka |
noun coarse meal
| Español | sémola |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | Grieß |
| Italiano | pietrisco di cava |
| Русский | крупа́ krupá |
verb insert mortar between tiles
| Português | rejuntar, aplicar rejunte |
|---|---|
| Français | jointoyer |
| Deutsch | verfugen |
| Italiano | rivestire di malta, imboiaccare |
| Русский | затира́ть zatirátʹ |
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