English Explanatory Dictionary

grout

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A thin mortar used to fill the gaps between tiles and cavities in masonry.
  2. Coarse meal; groats.
  3. Dregs, sediment.
  4. A kind of beer or ale.
verb
  1. To insert mortar between tiles.
  2. To affix with mortar.
name
  1. A surname.

Pronunciation

/ɡɹaʊt/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-grout.wav /ɡɹʌut/ /ɡɹæɔt/

Word forms

grout grouts grewt groute grut grouting grouted

Etymology

From Middle English growte, grut, from Old English grūt (“dregs; coarse meal”), from Proto-West Germanic *grūt, from Proto-Germanic *grūtą (compare Dutch gruit (“dregs”), German Grauß, Norwegian grut (“ground”)), lengthening of Proto-Germanic *grutą, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʰer- (“to grind, rub”). Related to grit.

Related words

groat grits gruel

Derived words

grouter grout float groutlike grouty regrout
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