Standard Lemma guide

grout

name · noun · verb · 9 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • UK, US: /ɡɹaʊt/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Canada: /ɡɹʌut/
  • Australian: /ɡɹæɔt/
  • rhymes with -aʊt
  • CMU ARPABET: G R AW1 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

name

Meaning 1

A surname.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A thin mortar used to fill the gaps between tiles and cavities in masonry.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

Coarse meal; groats.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: archaic, countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

Dregs, sediment.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: archaic, countable, in-plural, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

A kind of beer or ale.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: UK, countable, obsolete, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

verb

Meaning 6

To insert mortar between tiles.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • I spent the whole afternoon grouting the kitchen floor.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

verb

Meaning 7

To affix with mortar.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

8

noun

Meaning 8

a thin mortar that can be poured and used to fill cracks in masonry or brickwork

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: plaster

9

verb

Meaning 9

bind with grout

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • grout the bathtub

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: fasten, fix, secure

History

Etymology

English surname, from the noun grout.

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.

Across languages

Translations

63 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: фуга (fuga) — mortar used between tiles
  • Czech: zálivková malta — mortar used between tiles
  • Czech: spárovací hmota — mortar used between tiles
  • Dutch: voegmortel — mortar used between tiles
  • Dutch: voegspecie — mortar used between tiles
  • Finnish: saumalaasti — mortar used between tiles
  • Finnish: saumauslaasti — mortar used between tiles
  • French: enduit de jointement — mortar used between tiles
  • French: coulis — mortar used between tiles
  • German: Fugenmörtel — mortar used between tiles
  • Hungarian: fuga — mortar used between tiles
  • Indonesian: nat — mortar used between tiles
  • Italian: malta — mortar used between tiles
  • Italian: boiacca — mortar used between tiles
  • Italian: impasto cemento sabbia acqua — mortar used between tiles
  • Japanese: グラウト — mortar used between tiles
  • Norwegian Bokmål: fugemasse — mortar used between tiles
  • Norwegian Bokmål: injiseringsmørtel — mortar used between tiles
  • Norwegian Bokmål: sementvelling — mortar used between tiles
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: fugemasse — mortar used between tiles
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: injiseringsmørtel — mortar used between tiles
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: sementvelling — mortar used between tiles
  • Polish: fuga — mortar used between tiles
  • Portuguese: rejunte — mortar used between tiles
  • Romanian: chit — mortar used between tiles
  • Romanian: mortar de rostuire — mortar used between tiles
  • Russian: раство́р (rastvór) — mortar used between tiles
  • Russian: затирка (zatirka) — mortar used between tiles
  • Spanish: fragüe — mortar used between tiles
  • Spanish: rejunte — mortar used between tiles
  • Spanish: lechada — mortar used between tiles
  • Bulgarian: грис (gris) — coarse meal
  • Dutch: grout — coarse meal
  • German: Grieß — coarse meal
  • Italian: pietrisco di cava — coarse meal
  • Norwegian: bunnfall — coarse meal
  • Norwegian: gryn — coarse meal
  • Norwegian: grøpp — coarse meal
  • Russian: крупа́ (krupá) — coarse meal
  • Spanish: sémola — coarse meal
  • Bulgarian: утайка (utajka) — dregs
  • Dutch: sediment — dregs
  • German: Satz — dregs
  • Polish: osad — dregs
  • Russian: оса́док (osádok) — dregs
  • Spanish: sedimento — dregs
  • Swedish: sump — dregs
  • Bulgarian: фугирам (fugiram) — insert mortar between tiles
  • Czech: spárovat — insert mortar between tiles
  • Czech: vyspárovat — insert mortar between tiles
  • Dutch: voegen — insert mortar between tiles
  • French: jointoyer — insert mortar between tiles
  • German: verfugen — insert mortar between tiles
  • Hungarian: fugáz — insert mortar between tiles
  • Italian: rivestire di malta — insert mortar between tiles
  • Italian: imboiaccare — insert mortar between tiles
  • Luxembourgish: fouen — insert mortar between tiles
  • Norwegian Bokmål: fuge — insert mortar between tiles
  • Polish: fugować — insert mortar between tiles
  • Polish: zafugować — insert mortar between tiles
  • Portuguese: rejuntar — insert mortar between tiles
  • Portuguese: aplicar rejunte — insert mortar between tiles
  • Russian: затира́ть (zatirátʹ) — insert mortar between tiles