filling grout
1grout — ► NOUN ▪ a mortar or paste for filling crevices, especially the gaps between wall or floor tiles. ► VERB ▪ fill in with grout. ORIGIN perhaps from GROUTS(Cf. ↑G) or related to French dialect grouter grout a wall …
2grout — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, coarse meal, from Old English grūt; akin to Old English grēot 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 …
3grout — grout1 [ graut ] noun uncount a substance used for filling the spaces between TILES grout grout 2 [ graut ] verb transitive to fill the spaces between TILES with grout …
4grout — I UK [ɡraʊt] / US noun [uncountable] a substance used for filling the spaces between tiles II UK [ɡraʊt] / US verb [transitive] Word forms grout : present tense I/you/we/they grout he/she/it grouts present participle grouting past tense grouted… …
5grout — 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… …
6grout — [graʊt] noun a mortar or paste for filling crevices, especially the gaps between wall or floor tiles. verb fill in with grout. Derivatives grouter noun grouting noun Origin C17: perh. from grouts or related to Fr. dialect grouter grout a wall …
7grout curtain — The filling of void spaces in rocks to prevent the flow of water into and through the rock; most commonly associated with dams …
8grout — A paste cement or mortar used for filling and sealing gaps cracks, crevices and joints especially between tiles …
9dam — dam1 /dam/, n., v., dammed, damming. n. 1. a barrier to obstruct the flow of water, esp. one of earth, masonry, etc., built across a stream or river. 2. a body of water confined by a dam. 3. any barrier resembling a dam. v.t. 4. to furnish with a …
10Dam — /dam, dahm/, n. (Carl Peter) Henrik /kahrl pee ter hen rik/; Dan. /kahrddl pay teuhrdd hen rddik/, 1895 1976, Danish biochemist: Nobel prize for medicine 1943. * * * I Barrier built across a stream, river, or estuary to conserve water for such… …
