grout
see also: Grout
Pronunciation Noun
Grout
Proper noun
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see also: Grout
Pronunciation Noun
grout
- A thin mortar used to fill the gaps between tiles and cavities in masonry.
- (now rare) Coarse meal; groats.
- (now rare) (typically used in the plural) Dregs, sediment.
- 1857, Charles Dickens, Little Dorrit, Book 1, Chapter 5
- grouts of tea
- 1857, Charles Dickens, Little Dorrit, Book 1, Chapter 5
- (UK, obsolete) A kind of beer or ale.
- French: enduit de jointement, coulis
- German: Fugenmörtel
- Italian: malta, boiacca, impasto cemento sabbia acqua
- Portuguese: rejunte
- Russian: (жи́дкий) раство́р
- Spanish: fragüe, rejunte, lechada
grout (grouts, present participle grouting; past grouted, past participle grouted)
- To insert mortar between tiles.
- I spent the whole afternoon grouting the kitchen floor.
- French: jointoyer
- German: verfugen
- Italian: rivestire di malta, imboiaccare
- Portuguese: rejuntar, aplicar rejunte
- Russian: затира́ть
Grout
Proper noun
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