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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

GROUT, n. Coarse meal; pollard.
1. A kind of wild apple.
2. A thin coarse mortar.
3. That which purges off.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

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"

Merriam Webster's

I. noun Etymology: Middle English, coarse meal, from Old English gr?t; akin to Old English gr?ot grit Date: 1638 1. a. thin mortar used for filling spaces (as the joints in masonry); also any of various other materials (as a mixture of cement and water or chemicals that solidify) used for a similar purpose b. plaster 2. lees II. transitive verb Date: 1838 1. to fill up or finish with grout 2. to fix in place by means of grout <grout a bolt into a wall> • grouter noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

1. n. & v. --n. a thin fluid mortar for filling gaps in tiling etc. --v.tr. provide or fill with grout. Derivatives: grouter n. Etymology: perh. f. GROUT(2), but cf. F dial. grouter grout a wall 2. n. sediment, dregs. Etymology: OE grut, rel. to GRITS, GROATS

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Grout Grout, n. [AS. grut; akin to grytt, G. gr["u]tze, griess, Icel. grautr, Lith. grudas corn, kernel, and Z. groats.] 1. Coarse meal; ground malt; pl. groats. 2. Formerly, a kind of beer or ale. [Eng.] 3. pl. Lees; dregs; grounds. [Eng.] ``Grouts of tea.'' --Dickens. 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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(grouts, grouting, grouted) 1. Grout is a thin mixture of sand, water, and cement or lime, which is used to fill in the spaces between tiles that are fixed to a wall. 2. If you grout the tiles on a wall, you use grout to fill in the spaces between the tiles. Make sure that your tiles are thoroughly grouted and sealed. VERB: be V-ed, also V n