grout

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see also: Grout

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Pronunciation

• (British) IPA: /ɡɹaʊt/
• (CA) IPA: /ɡɹʌut/

Noun

grout

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.
   • 1857, Charles Dickens, Little Dorrit, Book 1, Chapter 5

     grouts of tea

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

Related terms

• groat
• grits
• gruel

Translations

• French: enduit de jointement, coulis
• German: Fugenmörtel
• Italian: malta, boiacca, impasto cemento sabbia acqua
• Portuguese: rejunte
• Russian: (жи́дкий) раство́р
• Spanish: fragüe, rejunte, lechada

Translations

• German: Grieß
• Italian: pietrisco di cava
• Russian: крупа́
• Spanish: sémola

Translations

• German: Satz
• Russian: оса́док
• Spanish: sedimento

Verb

grout (grouts, present participle grouting; past grouted, past participle grouted)

1. To insert mortar between tiles.

   I spent the whole afternoon grouting the kitchen floor.

Translations

• French: jointoyer
• German: verfugen
• Italian: rivestire di malta, imboiaccare
• Portuguese: rejuntar, aplicar rejunte
• Russian: затира́ть

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Grout

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Proper noun

1. Surname

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