grout

3 definitions found

grout - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Grout \Grout\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Grouted; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Grouting.]
     To fill up or finish with grout, as the joints between
     stones.
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  Grout \Grout\ (grout), n. [AS. gr[=u]t; akin to grytt, G.
     gr["u]tze, griess, Icel. grautr, Lith. grudas corn, kernel,
     and E. groats.]
     1. Coarse meal; ground malt; pl. groats.
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     2. Formerly, a kind of beer or ale. [Eng.]
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     3. pl. Lees; dregs; grounds. [Eng.] "Grouts of tea."
        --Dickens.
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     4. A thin, coarse mortar, used for pouring into the joints of
        masonry and brickwork; also, a finer material, used in
        finishing the best ceilings. --Gwilt.
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grout - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  grout
      n 1: a thin mortar that can be poured and used to fill cracks in
           masonry or brickwork
      v 1: bind with grout; "grout the bathtub"