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UK
/ɡɹˈaʊt/
]
[ US /ˈɡɹaʊt/ ]
[ US /ˈɡɹaʊt/ ]
NOUN
- a thin mortar that can be poured and used to fill cracks in masonry or brickwork
VERB
-
bind with grout
grout the bathtub
How To Use grout In A Sentence
- Get the ready-mixed grout on a squeegee, smear it into all the gaps, then smooth away any excess (see below). Times, Sunday Times
- I'm hoping that by the time I get home, the office tile has been grouted, dried and the furniture put in place.
- You're going to need your tiles, tile adhesive (waterproof for wet areas), ready-mixed waterproof grout, masking tape, some matches and some small pieces of cardboard.
- Most tile stores sell grout saws, an inexpensive tool with a wooden or plastic handle and a tip covered with carbide grit.
- When patching, use a high-strength non-shrink concrete grout mix with an epoxy binder.
- The sleeve restrains the grout flow and expands up to twice its previous diameter, molding itself in the shapes and spaces within the walls.
- We had chosen terracotta tiles for the floor and bottom half of the walls, and white tiles for the top, but did not specify in writing that we wanted white grouting.
- We spent the weekend grouting the bathroom.
- After my husband laid them, I sealed them with a 50/50 linseed oil and mineral spirits mix (3 coats) and then my husband grouted them. Sealing saltillo tiles
- Frank, who seemed to be getting his harness into a worse snarl, in his grouty attempts to get it out of one. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 21, July, 1859