/ɡɹaʊt/, /ɡɹʌut/, /ɡɹæɔt/
OriginFrom 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.
- countable, uncountableA thin mortar used to fill the gaps between tiles and cavities in masonry.
- archaic, countable, uncountableCoarse meal; groats.
- archaic, countable, in-plural, uncountableDregs, sediment.
- UK, countable, obsolete, uncountableA kind of beer or ale.
- transitiveTo 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.”
- transitiveTo 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.”
Formsgrouts(plural) · grewt(alternative) · groute(alternative) · grut(alternative) · grouts(present, singular, third-person) · grouting(participle, present) · grouted(participle, past) · grouted(past) · Grouts(plural)