grit
IPA: grˈɪt
noun
- A collection of hard small materials, such as dirt, ground stone, debris from sandblasting or other such grinding, or swarf from metalworking.
- Sand or a sand–salt mixture spread on wet and, especially, icy roads and footpaths to improve traction.
- Inedible particles in food.
- A measure of the relative coarseness of an abrasive material such as sandpaper, the smaller the number the coarser the abrasive.
- (geology) A hard, coarse-grained siliceous sandstone; gritstone. Also, a finer sharp-grained sandstone, e.g., grindstone grit.
- Strength of mind; great courage or fearlessness; fortitude.
- (usually in the plural) Husked but unground oats.
- (usually in the plural) Coarsely ground corn or hominy used as porridge.
- (Canadian politics) A member or supporter of the Liberal Party of Canada or one of its provincial wings (except for the Quebec provincial wing).
verb
- Apparently only in grit one's teeth: to clench, particularly in reaction to pain or anger.
- To cover with grit.
- (obsolete, intransitive) To give forth a grating sound, like sand under the feet; to grate; to grind.
adjective
- (Canadian politics) Of or belonging to the Liberal Party of Canada.
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Examples of "grit" in Sentences
- Isn't grits known in the north as hominy
- I think grits are actually ground hominy.
- There is a grit bin by the side of the road.
- Hominy grits is grits made from corn or hominy.
- Hominy grits was a product often considered inferior.
- The grit will thus wear off the sharp edge of the glass.
- The grade and size of grit varies by the manufacture method.
- If the grit in the scrubbing pad is too hard, it will scratch the teflon.
- A laser strikes one as a particularly infelicitous tool for grits slicing.
- The harder the grit material, the easier the sanding of surfaces like wood.
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