grout

plural grouts · alternative grewt · alternative groute · alternative grut

1. countableuncountableA thin mortar used to fill the gaps between tiles and cavities in masonry.
2. archaiccountableuncountableCoarse meal; groats.
3. archaiccountablein pluraluncountableDregs, sediment.

   grouts of tea

   1855 December – 1857 June, Charles Dickens, chapter V, in Little Dorrit, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1857, →OCLC

4. UKcountableobsoleteuncountableA kind of beer or ale.

present singular third person grouts · participle present grouting · participle past grouted · past grouted · alternative grewt · alternative groute · alternative grut

1. transitiveTo insert mortar between tiles.

   I spent the whole afternoon grouting the kitchen floor.

   1 more example

   * Stitching and grouting fractures in masonry, insertion of date marker tabs for monitoring.

   2020 May 20, Philip Haigh, “Ribblehead: at the heart of the S&C's survival and its revival: Ribblehead Viaduct repairs”, in Rail, page 27

2. transitiveTo affix with mortar.

   The year before the pandemic, a sump tank attached to a waste pond sprang a leak and had to be grouted shut.

   December 15 2022, Samanth Subramanian, “Dismantling Sellafield: the epic task of shutting down a nuclear site”, in The Guardian

plural Grouts

1. A surname.