Definitions
a mortar-like material used to fill gaps between tiles
Word origin
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.
Used in a sentence
“grouts of tea”
“I spent the whole afternoon grouting the kitchen floor.”
“* Stitching and grouting fractures in masonry, insertion of date marker tabs for monitoring.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Tile-gap filler”5 letters
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