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Type Words
Synonyms gritrock, gritstone
Type of sandstone
Derivation gritty
Type Words
Synonyms backbone, gumption, guts, moxie, sand
Type of fortitude
Derivation gritty
Type Words
Type of clench


grit one's teeth.
Type Words
Type of coat, surface


grit roads.

Examples of grit

grit
Use your fingers to carefully sift through it and remove any grit or impurities.
From the courier-journal.com
If you have heavy soil you'll have to add a good amount of grit to have success.
From the expressandstar.com
On God's Own Rock the grit crags have the advantage of being amenable in height.
From the guardian.co.uk
Men washed away their manly grit, while women soaked up their fragrant perfumes.
From the theatlantic.com
He had become the Rooster Cogburn of the African savannah, a cat with true grit.
From the telegraph.co.uk
Zarth's grit helped him to a record of 49-4 as a junior and another state title.
From the kentucky.com
Strain the broth through a fine mesh strainer, leaving behind grit and sediment.
From the post-gazette.com
How will they do that, especially without the leadership and grit Kurz provided?
From the inrich.com
She is full-throated on the pumping anthems, with an underlay of Big Apple grit.
From the independent.co.uk
More examples
  • A hard coarse-grained siliceous sandstone
  • Cover with a grit; "grit roads"
  • Backbone: fortitude and determination; "he didn't have the guts to try it"
  • Clench together; "grit one's teeth"
  • (grits) coarsely ground hulled corn boiled as a breakfast dish in the southern United States
  • Grit is the last studio album by Scottish celtic fusion artist Martyn Bennett. It was released October 13, 2003 on the Real World label.
  • Grit (going back to Old English grytt or grytta or gryttes) is an almost extinct word for bran, chaff, mill-dust also for oats that have been husked but not ground, or that have been only coarsely groundu2014coarse oatmeal...
  • Grit is a magazine, formerly a weekly newspaper, popular in rural areas throughout the United States during much of the 20th century. It carried the subtitle America's Greatest Family Newspaper. ...
  • Grit in psychology is a positive, non-cognitive trait based on an individual's passion for a particular long-term goal or end state, coupled with a powerful motivation to achieve their respective objective...