grout

Pronunciation: /ɡɹaʊt/

The English word “grout” has 6 meanings listed here.

noun

A thin mortar used to fill the gaps between tiles and cavities in masonry.
Coarse meal; groats.
Dregs, sediment.
A kind of beer or ale.

verb

To insert mortar between tiles.
To affix with mortar.

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.

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