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grout

[ grout ]

noun

  1. a thin, coarse mortar poured into various narrow cavities, as masonry joints or rock fissures, to fill them and consolidate the adjoining objects into a solid mass.
  2. a coat of plaster for finishing a ceiling or interior wall.
  3. Usually grouts. lees; grounds.
  4. Archaic.
    1. coarse meal or porridge.
    2. grouts, groats.


verb (used with object)

  1. to fill or consolidate with grout.
  2. to use as grout.

grout

/ ɡraʊt /

noun

  1. a thin mortar for filling joints between tiles, masonry, etc
  2. a fine plaster used as a finishing coat
  3. coarse meal or porridge
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


verb

  1. tr to fill (joints) or finish (walls, etc) with grout
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈgrouter, noun
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Other Words From

  • grouter noun
  • un·grouted adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of grout1

before 1150; Middle English; Old English grūt; grits, groats, grit
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Word History and Origins

Origin of grout1

Old English grūt; related to Old Frisian grēt sand, Middle High German grūz, Middle Dutch grūte coarse meal; see grit , groats
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Example Sentences

Handheld grout scrubbers are great for getting into tiny spaces up close and personal.

Scrubbing out the grout between your tiles and shining your floor requires different heads as well as power output.

The 25-foot power cord makes it easy to move around, and it can be used everywhere from your grout to the inside of your oven.

Even the best laid grout eventually needs a good scrubbing—whether for maintenance or deep cleaning—especially in rooms like kitchens and bathrooms, which can get messy quickly.

For punishing grout grimeThere’s definitely something to be said for taking a toothbrush and some baking soda to dingey tile grout and scrubbing like hell.

Grout had studied French at McGill University in Montreal; she replies gracefully: “Zheneeferr.”

“It gave me a really good feeling and it kind of took me to another place, so to speak,” Grout said.

After a stopover in Paris—she briefly worked as a subway busker, singing in Arabic for tips—Grout returned to Morocco.

But the shock of hearing someone who looks like Grout sing in unaccented Arabic soon dissipated and the crowd fell deadly silent.

At home in the city, they bike to work and use recycled grout.

The use of grout is, therefore, a sign of inefficient workmanship, and should not be countenanced in good work.

Grout is thin liquid mortar, and is legitimately used in gauged arches and other work when fine joints are desired.

The epitaph of Sir Jenkin Grout is not wholly unintelligible to the present age.

The cement grout filler is applied in the same general manner as the bituminous filler.

The surface should be covered with sand and be kept moist until the cement grout has set.

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