grout

Meaning

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) A thin mortar used to fill the gaps between tiles and cavities in masonry.
2. (archaic, countable, uncountable) Coarse meal; groats.
3. (archaic, countable, in-plural, uncountable) Dregs, sediment.
4. (UK, countable, obsolete, uncountable) A kind of beer or ale.

Verb

1. (transitive) To insert mortar between tiles.
2. (transitive) To affix with mortar.

Synonyms

mortar

grouting

plaster

point

poke

cement

stop up

fill in

parget

Translations

coulis

lechada

verpressen

auspressen

telve

verfugen

jointoyer

injizieren

mit Mörtel ausgießen

verstreichen

abdichten

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Erde aufwühlen

massillar

verkitten

Satz

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɡɹaʊt/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: growte

Inherited from Old English: grūt

Cognate with Dutch: gruit

Cognate with German: Grauß

Cognate with Norwegian: grut

In summary

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.