grout

Plural: grouts

Noun

a thin mortar that can be poured and used to fill cracks in masonry or brickwork
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

Verb Forms: grouted, grouting, grouts

To fill spaces with a thin mortar or cement mixture.
bind with grout
- "grout the bathtub"
To insert mortar between tiles.
To affix with mortar.

Examples

I spent the whole afternoon grouting the kitchen floor.
She tried to GROUT the gaps in her word knowledge by studying a dictionary.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English growte, grut, from Old English grūt (“dregs; coarse meal”), 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.

Scrabble Score: 6

grout: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
grout: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
grout: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 8

grout: valid Words With Friends Word