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grout

UK/ɡɹaʊt/ US/ɡɹʌut/ rare archaic obsolete uk
noun (1) verb (1)

noun

1.

a thin mortar that can be poured and used to fill cracks in masonry or brickwork

verb

1.

bind with grout

  • “grout the bathtub”

Origin

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.

Phrases

  • grout float

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Broader terms

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