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Grout vs Regrout - What's the difference?

grout | regrout |

As verbs the difference between grout and regrout

is that grout is to insert mortar between tiles while regrout is to grout again.

As a noun grout

is a thin mortar used to fill the gaps between tiles and cavities in masonry.

grout

English

Noun

  • A thin mortar used to fill the gaps between tiles and cavities in masonry.
  • Coarse meal; groats.
  • (typically used in the plural ) Dregs, sediment.
  • * Charles Dickens
    • grouts of tea
  • (UK, obsolete) A kind of beer or ale.

    • Related terms

    * groat * grits * gruel

    Verb

  • To insert mortar between tiles.
    • I spent the whole afternoon grouting the kitchen floor.

    regrout

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To grout again.