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

verb

1. tr to fill (joints) or finish (walls, etc) with grout

Derived Forms

• ˈgrouter, noun

Other Words From

• grouter noun
• un·grouted adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of grout¹

before 1150; Middle English; Old English grūt; grits, groats, grit

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

Example Sentences

She made several smaller works but in the same style of her large work, out of acrylic and grout.

From Los Angeles Times

DWP supervisor Dan Grout said he got no word of Park’s push to postpone the removal.

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“We had to come down to make the attempt,” Grout said.

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They didn’t respond, but their supervisor, Dan Grout, politely asked Von Blum to step away from the truck.

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Grout, however, told me he was unaware of a change in plans.

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Related Words

• adhesive
• mud
• plaster
• sand