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May 26, 2012
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grout



Pronunciation: (grout), [key]
—n.
1. a thin, coarse mortar poured into various narrow cavities, as masonry joints or rock fissures, to fill them and consolidate the adjoining objects into a solid mass.
2. a coat of plaster for finishing a ceiling or interior wall.
3. Usually, grouts. lees; grounds.
4. Archaic.
a. coarse meal or porridge.
b. grouts,groats.

—v.t.
1. to fill or consolidate with grout.
2. to use as grout.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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