grout

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ɡɹaʊt/
• (Canada) IPA^(key): /ɡɹʌut/
• Rhymes: -aʊt

Noun

grout (countable and uncountable, plural grouts)

1. A thin mortar used to fill the gaps between tiles and cavities in masonry.
2. (now rare) Coarse meal; groats.
3. (now rare) (typically used in the plural) Dregs, sediment.
   • Charles Dickens

     grouts of tea

4. (Britain, obsolete) A kind of beer or ale.

Verb

grout (third-person singular simple present grouts, present participle grouting, simple past and past participle grouted)

1. To insert mortar between tiles.

   I spent the whole afternoon grouting the kitchen floor.

Noun

grout ? (uncountable)

1. grout