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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024grout (grout),USA pronunciation n. - 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.
v.t. - to fill or consolidate with grout.
- to use as grout.
- bef. 1150; Middle English; Old English grūt; see grits, groats, grit
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: grout /ɡraʊt/ n - a thin mortar for filling joints between tiles, masonry, etc
- a fine plaster used as a finishing coat
vb - (transitive) to fill (joints) or finish (walls, etc) with grout
Etymology: Old English grūt; related to Old Frisian grēt sand, Middle High German grūz, Middle Dutch grūte coarse meal; see grit, groatsˈgrouter n |