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groute

groute is the obsolete spelling of grout.

Meaning of grout

Noun

grout (countable and uncountable, plural grouts)

  1. A thin mortar used to fill the gaps between tiles and cavities in masonry.
  2. (archaic) Coarse meal; groats.
  3. (archaic, in plural) Dregs, sediment.
    • grouts of tea1855 December – 1857 June, Charles Dickens, chapter V, in Little Dorrit, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1857, →OCLC
  4. (UK, obsolete) A kind of beer or ale.

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Forms of groute

pluralgroutes

Questions about groute

What is groute the obsolete spelling of?
Groute is the obsolete spelling of grout.

Words near groute in the dictionary

  1. grousings
  2. grousy
  3. grout
  4. grout float
  5. grout floats
  6. groute
  7. grouted
  8. grouter
  9. grouters
  10. groutes
  11. groutfit

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