grout

noun

1. (countable, uncountable)A thin mortar used to fill the gaps between tiles and cavities in masonry.
2. (archaic, countable, uncountable)Coarse meal; groats.
3. (archaic, countable, in-plural, uncountable)Dregs, sediment.

   “grouts of tea”

4. (UK, countable, obsolete, uncountable)A kind of beer or ale.

verb

1. (transitive)To insert mortar between tiles.

   “I spent the whole afternoon grouting the kitchen floor.”

   “* Stitching and grouting fractures in masonry, insertion of date marker tabs for monitoring.”

2. (transitive)To affix with mortar.

   “The year before the pandemic, a sump tank attached to a waste pond sprang a leak and had to be grouted shut.”

name

1. A surname.