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单词 grouts
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Definition of grouts in English:

grouts

plural nounɡraʊtsɡraʊt
archaic
  • Sediment, dregs, or grounds.

    old women told fortunes in grouts of tea
    Synonyms
    mud, muck, mire, ooze, silt, alluvium, dirt, slime, slush, slurry

Origin

Old English grūt, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch gruit 'dregs', German Grauss 'grain, weak beer', also to grits and groats. The original meaning was 'coarse meal, groats', also denoting the infusion of malt which was fermented to make beer, hence, in Middle English, 'sediment'.

 
 

Definition of grouts in US English:

grouts

plural nounɡraʊtɡrout
archaic
  • Sediment, dregs, or grounds.

    old women told fortunes in grouts of tea
    Synonyms
    mud, muck, mire, ooze, silt, alluvium, dirt, slime, slush, slurry

Origin

Old English grūt, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch gruit ‘dregs’, German Grauss ‘grain, weak beer’, also to grits and groats. The original meaning was ‘coarse meal, groats’, also denoting the infusion of malt which was fermented to make beer, hence, in Middle English, ‘sediment’.

 
 
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