Grit

Quick meaning: Grit is a noun meaning Small, hard, inedible particles in food.

Meaning

Small, hard, inedible particles in food.

More Meanings

1. (geology) A hard, coarse-grained siliceous sandstone; gritstone. Also, a finer sharp-grained sandstone, e.g., grindstone grit.
2. (idiomatic) Strength of mind; courage or fearlessness; fortitude.
3. (transitive, ergative) To clench (one's teeth), particularly in reaction to pain or anger.
4. To cover with grit.
5. A collection of hard small materials, such as dirt, ground stone, debris from sandblasting or other such grinding, or swarf from metalworking.
6. A measure of the size of abrasive grains, such as those on sandpaper, and thus their relative coarseness or fineness; the smaller the number, the coarser the abrasive: thus, 60 is rough, 600 is fine, and 3000 is ultrafine.
7. (obsolete, intransitive) To give forth a grating sound, like sand under the feet; to grate; to grind.

Example Sentences

I need a sheet of 100 grit sandpaper.

These cookies seem to have grit from nutshells in them.

That kid with the cast on his arm has the grit to play dodgeball.

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

Word Forms

• grits
• gritting
• gritted

Synonyms for grit

Depending on context, synonyms include gumption, backbone, sand, gritstone.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include sand, gritstone, backbone, gumption, gravel, gravelly.

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