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grout

/ɡˈɹaʊt/GROWT
/ɡˈɹaʊt/GROWT

Meaningcoarsely ground grain

Common meaning: paste used to fill gaps between tiles

Journey through time

  1. Old Englishgrūt‘coarsely ground grain’sourceB&T
  2. Middle Englishgroutsource
  3. Englishmeaning shiftscoarsely ground grain → paste used to fill gaps between tilesgrout‘paste used to fill gaps between tiles’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Old English grūt ‘coarsely ground grain’.

Roots

  • grūt Old English “coarsely ground grain”

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