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noun 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.
a coat of plaster for finishing a ceiling or interior wall.
Usually grouts. lees; grounds.
Archaic . coarse meal or porridge. grouts, groats. verb (used with object) to fill or consolidate with grout.
to use as grout.
Origin of grout before 1150; Middle English; Old English grūt; see grits, groats, grit
OTHER WORDS FROM grout grouter, noun un·grout·ed, adjective Words nearby grout groupuscule, group velocity, groupware, group work, grouse, grout , grout box, groutlock brick, grouts, grouty, grove
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Example sentences from the Web for grout Grout had studied French at McGill University in Montreal; she replies gracefully: “Zheneeferr.”
Boston Irish Girl Jennifer Grout Is The Unexpected Star Of ‘Arabs Got Talent’ | Michael Pizzi| December 5, 2013| DAILY BEAST
“It gave me a really good feeling and it kind of took me to another place, so to speak,” Grout said.
Boston Irish Girl Jennifer Grout Is The Unexpected Star Of ‘Arabs Got Talent’ | Michael Pizzi| December 5, 2013| DAILY BEAST
But the shock of hearing someone who looks like Grout sing in unaccented Arabic soon dissipated and the crowd fell deadly silent.
Boston Irish Girl Jennifer Grout Is The Unexpected Star Of ‘Arabs Got Talent’ | Michael Pizzi| December 5, 2013| DAILY BEAST
Rubble masonry packing and grout ejected through pipes built into the arch were used to fill the voids above the roof.
Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers, Vol. LXVIII, Sept. 1910 | James H. Brace and Francis Mason
Grout pipes were built into the masonry and later all voids were filled with grout .
Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers, Vol. LXVIII, Sept. 1910 | James H. Brace and Francis Mason
The illustrations are reproduced by the Grout Engraving Company.
Wood Carvings in English Churches | Francis Bond
In ordinary work the grout is applied with a brush after the holes have been plastered and the joint marks rubbed down.
Concrete Construction | Halbert P. Gillette
It is but a sorry task to rip the twisted ravel from the worn garment of life and to turn the grout in a drained cup.
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British Dictionary definitions for grout noun a thin mortar for filling joints between tiles, masonry, etc
a fine plaster used as a finishing coat
coarse meal or porridge
verb (tr) to fill (joints) or finish (walls, etc) with grout
Derived forms of grout grouter , noun Word Origin for grout 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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Words related to grout oatmeal, gruel, polenta, adhesive, plaster, mud, sand, mush, frumenty, loblolly, pottage, grits, burgoo, size, gum, concrete, binder, bond, solder, glue