gritnoun [ U ]
uk/ɡrɪt/us/ɡrɪt/grit noun [ U ] (STONES)
very small pieces of stone or sand:
The road had been covered with grit.
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Soil
- aerator
- boulder clay
- chalk
- dirt
- ground
- heavy
- laterite
- limy
- loam
- mudslide
- ooze
- ore
- peat bog
- sandy
- sediment
- sludge
- sod
- soil science
- topsoil
- worm cast
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grit noun [ U ] (COURAGE)
courage and determination despite difficulty:
It takes true (= real) grit to stand up to a bully.
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Bravery
- audacious
- audacity
- balls
- bold
- bottle
- bravery
- derring-do
- Dutch courage
- fearless
- fighting spirit
- fortitude
- gut
- heart
- intestinal fortitude
- liquid courage
- nerve
- pluck
- valorous
- valour
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grit noun [ U ] (FOOD)
grits [ plural ] US
a dish of hominy grain eaten especially as a morning meal
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Cereals
- arborio
- barley
- basmati
- bran
- brown rice
- cornflakes
- durum wheat
- granola
- gruel
- hominy
- millet
- muesli
- oat
- oatmeal
- oats
- semolina
- short-grain rice
- sorghum
- wheat
- wheatgerm
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gritverb [ T ]
uk/ɡrɪt/us/ɡrɪt/-tt-UK to put small stones on a road or path that is covered in ice, in order to make it safer:
Council lorries had been out gritting the icy roads the night before.
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Covering and adding layers
- asphalt
- bestrew
- binder
- blanket
- blindfold
- carpet
- coat
- fall over sth/sb
- film
- film over
- fur
- gild
- gum sth up
- inlay
- pad
- proof
- seal
- swathe
- whitewash
- wreathe
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Idiom(s)
grit your teeth