grout
noun
- mixture used to fill gaps and reinforce structures
verb
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Pronunciation: /ɡɹaʊt/ / /ɡɹʌut/ / /ɡɹæɔt/
name
Etymology: English surname, from the noun grout.
- A surname.
noun
Etymology: 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.
- 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
Etymology: 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.
- To insert mortar between tiles.
“I spent the whole afternoon grouting the kitchen floor.”
“* Stitching and grouting fractures in masonry, insertion of date marker tabs for monitoring.”
- 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.”