VERB | contact | grit | cover with a grit |
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contact | grit | clench together | |
NOUN | substance | grit, gritrock, gritstone | a hard coarse-grained siliceous sandstone |
attribute | grit, backbone, guts, moxie, sand, gumption | fortitude and determination |
Sounds | grih't | |
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Rhymes | acquit ... writ: 187 rhymes with iht... |
Meaning | A hard coarse-grained siliceous sandstone. | |
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Synonyms | gritrock, gritstone | |
Broader | sandstone | A sedimentary rock consisting of sand consolidated with some cement (clay or quartz etc.) |
Catalan | grit | |
Adjectives | gritty | composed of or covered with particles resembling meal in texture or consistency |
Verbs | grit | cover with a grit |
Meaning | fortitude and determination. | |
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Synonyms | backbone, guts, moxie, sand, gumption | |
Broader | fortitude | strength of mind that enables one to endure adversity with courage |
Usage of | colloquialism | A colloquial expression |
Spanish | agallas, cojones, coraje, discernimiento, huevos, moxie, nervio, sangre fría, valor | |
Catalan | collons, coratge, moxie, ous, pebrots | |
Adjectives | gritty | willing to face danger |
Meaning | Cover with a grit. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Example | "grit roads" | |
Broader | coat, surface | Put a coat on |
Spanish | arenar | |
Nouns | grit | a hard coarse-grained siliceous sandstone |
Meaning | clench together. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Example | "grit one's teeth" | |
Broader | clench | squeeze together tightly |
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