grout

== English == === Alternative forms === grewt, groute, grut (obsolete) === 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. === Pronunciation === (UK, US) IPA(key): /ɡɹaʊt/ (Canada) IPA(key): /ɡɹʌut/ (General Australian) IPA(key): /ɡɹæɔt/ Rhymes: -aʊt === Noun === grout (countable and uncountable, plural grouts) A thin mortar used to fill the gaps between tiles and cavities in masonry. (archaic) Coarse meal; groats. (archaic, chiefly in the plural) Dregs, sediment. (UK, obsolete) A kind of beer or ale. ==== Related terms ==== groat grits gruel ==== Translations ==== === Verb === grout (third-person singular simple present grouts, present participle grouting, simple past and past participle grouted) (transitive) To insert mortar between tiles. (transitive) To affix with mortar. ==== Translations ==== === Derived terms === === References === === Anagrams === Rutog == Dutch == === Noun === grout n (plural grouten, diminutive groutje n) grout == Middle English == === Noun === grout alternative form of growte