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gruit

/ɡɹaɪt/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.11 in modern English

Syllables
gruit
IPA
/ɡɹaɪt/
6
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An herbal mixture, used in the flavouring of beer, that preceded the use of hops.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Any beer made with such a mixture.

Colloquial; Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch gruit. Doublet of grit.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

gruits (plural) grut (alternative) gruyt (alternative)

Derived Forms

gruitbeer

Synonyms

gruitbeer

Rhymes With

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Questions

How do you pronounce gruit?
The recorded pronunciation is /ɡɹaɪt/.
What does gruit mean?
An herbal mixture, used in the flavouring of beer, that preceded the use of hops.
Where does gruit come from?
It is traced to Dutch.

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