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Webster 1913 Edition
Grout
Grout
(grout)
, Noun.
[AS.
grūt
; akin to grytt
, G. grütze
, griess
, Icel. grautr
, Lith. grudas
corn, kernel, and E. groats
.] 1.
Coarse meal; ground malt;
pl.
groats.
2.
Formerly, a kind of beer or ale.
[Eng.]
3.
pl.
Lees; dregs; grounds.
[Eng.]
“Grouts of tea.” Dickens.
4.
A thin, coarse mortar, used for pouring into the joints of masonry and brickwork; also, a finer material, used in finishing the best ceilings.
Gwilt.
Grout
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Grouted
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Grouting
.] To fill up or finish with grout, as the joints between stones.
Webster 1828 Edition
Grout
GROUT
,Noun.
1.
A kind of wild apple.2.
A thin coarse mortar.3.
That which purges off.Definition 2025
grout
grout
English
Noun
grout (countable and uncountable, plural grouts)
- A thin mortar used to fill the gaps between tiles and cavities in masonry.
- (now rare) Coarse meal; groats.
- (now rare) (typically used in the plural) Dregs, sediment.
- Charles Dickens
- grouts of tea
- Charles Dickens
- (Britain, obsolete) A kind of beer or ale.
Related terms
Translations
mortar used between tiles
coarse meal
dregs
Verb
grout (third-person singular simple present grouts, present participle grouting, simple past and past participle grouted)
- To insert mortar between tiles.
- I spent the whole afternoon grouting the kitchen floor.
Translations
insert mortar between tiles