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Word entry · 4 letters

grit

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"Determination"

4 letters · collected on this word page

4 lettersPronunciation /ɡɹɪt/Part of speech verb, nounSorted girtStarts with GEnds with T1 cluesCommon crossword word
1G2R3I4T

Definitions

  1. Courage and determination, or small hard particles of stone or sand.

Word origin

With early modern vowel shortening, from Middle English grete, griet, from Old English grēot, from Proto-West Germanic *greut, from Proto-Germanic *greutą. Compare grist.

Used in a sentence

  • The flower beds were white with grit from sand blasting the flagstone walkways.
  • These cookies seem to have grit from nutshells in them.
  • I need a sheet of 100 grit sandpaper.

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