gruit
/ɡɹaɪt/
gruit noun: an herbal mixture, used in the flavouring of beer, that preceded the use of hops.
Noun
gruit (countable and uncountable, plural gruits)
Synonyms of gruit
Forms of gruit
| plural | gruits |
|---|---|
| alternative form | grut |
| alternative form | gruyt |
Origin of gruit
Borrowed from Dutch gruit. Doublet of grit.
Words formed from gruit
Words that rhyme with gruit
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- knight
- slight
- Dwight
- height
- sight
- night
- sprite
- fight
- parasite
- site
- alight
- smite
- all right
- blight
- might
- mite
- skite
- cite
- indite
- lite
- outright
- plight
- bight
- excite
- ignite
- invite
- overnight
- uptight
- wight
- accite
- alright
- benight
- bewrite
- blite
- copyright
- despite
- dight
- disunite
- finite
- flite
- hight
- incite
- recite
- relight
- rewrite
- sleight
- spite
- spright
Questions about gruit
- What does gruit mean?
- Gruit means an herbal mixture, used in the flavouring of beer, that preceded the use of hops.
- What part of speech is gruit?
- Gruit is a noun.
- How do you pronounce gruit?
- Gruit is pronounced /ɡɹaɪt/.
- What is the plural of gruit?
- The plural of gruit is gruits.
Words near gruit in the dictionary
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