Grout Definition

grout
grouted, grouting, grouts
noun
Coarse meal.
Webster's New World

Groats.

Webster's New World
A thin mortar used to fill chinks, as between tiles.
Webster's New World
Sediment; dregs.
Webster's New World
A fine plaster for finishing surfaces.
Webster's New World
verb
To fill or finish with grout.
Webster's New World

To insert mortar between tiles.

I spent the whole afternoon grouting the kitchen floor.
Wiktionary

Origin of Grout

  • From obsolete grewt, grut (“dirt, soul”), from Middle English grut, from Old English grūt (“dregs; coarse meal”), from Proto-Germanic *grūtą (compare Dutch gruit (“dregs”), German Grauß, Norwegian grut (“ground”)), lengthening of Proto-Germanic *grutą.

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English grain used for making malt, mud from Old English grūt coarse meal

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Grout Sentence Examples

  • The grout, which he mentions as " coming over to us in Holland ships," about which he desires information, was probably the same as shelled barley; and mills for manufacturing it were introduced into Scotland from Holland towards the beginning of the 18th century.

  • Wipe tiles with a damp cloth or sponge to remove excess grout.

  • For crack width between 1.0 - 3.0 mm cement grout can be injected instead of epoxy resins.

  • Dry mines are filled by drilling down through the roof and pumping in liquid grout and allowing it to set.

  • Down these holes cement grout was injected under high pressure on the system of Mr Kinipple.

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