GRIT

4 letters 5 Scrabble points /ˈɡɹɪt/

Definition of GRIT

noun

  1. A collection of hard small materials, such as dirt, ground stone, debris from sandblasting or other such grinding, or swarf from metalworking.

    "The flower beds were white with grit from sand blasting the flagstone walkways."

  2. Inedible particles in food.

    "These cookies seem to have grit from nutshells in them."

  3. A measure of the relative coarseness of an abrasive material such as sandpaper, the smaller the number the coarser the abrasive.

    "I need a sheet of 100 grit sandpaper."

verb

  1. Apparently only in grit one's teeth: to clench, particularly in reaction to pain or anger.

    "He has a sleeping disorder and grits his teeth."

  2. To cover with grit.

  3. To give forth a grating sound, like sand under the feet; to grate; to grind.

Source: Wiktionary

Word Details

Letters G R I T
Length 4 letters
Scrabble Score 5 points

Anagrams of GRIT

Words that use the same letters:

GIRT TIGR TRIG

Words Containing "GRIT"

AEGRITUDE AGRITO AGRITOS ANGRITE BAGRITSKI CHURCHGRITH DISINTEGRITY EGRITUDE GRITH GRITHBREACH GRITHMAN GRITHS GRITLESS GRITROCK GRITS GRITSTONE GRITTED GRITTEN GRITTER GRITTY

Words Starting with "GRIT"

GRITH GRITHBREACH GRITHMAN GRITHS GRITLESS GRITROCK GRITS GRITSTONE GRITTED GRITTEN GRITTER GRITTY GRITTIE GRITTIER GRITTIEST GRITTILY GRITTINESS GRITTING GRITTLE