The council refuses to grit my road.
Source: tatoeba (636117)
Grit
/ɡɹɪt/
Synonyms for "grit" (141 found)
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Closest matches (29)
Noun(8 words)
Preposition(1 words)
against all odds
Strong matches (42)
Related words (70)
guttinesshardihoodhardinessheartheart of oakintestinal fortitudeintrepidityintrepidnessirritatekittenslintmanhoodmealmettlemettlesomenessmoxienervepersistencepithpluck
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Noun(13 words)
human endurancemoxieperseverancepersistent effortportuguese pópurposefulnessresilienceresiliencysandspreadsprinkletenacitywillpower
Adjective(3 words)
inner strengthinternal forceunwavering determination
Adverb(1 words)
most swedish kraft
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11 entriesInflections
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2 entriesTranslations
36 translations across 14 languages.
Catalan
3 entries- grava noun (collection of hard materials)
- llimadures noun (collection of hard materials)
- pòlvores noun (collection of hard materials)
Czech
3 entries- drť noun (collection of hard materials)
- písek noun (collection of hard materials)
- štěrk noun (collection of hard materials)
Dutch
1 entries- gruis noun (collection of hard materials)
Finnish
4 entries- kivipöly noun (collection of hard materials)
- metallipuru noun (collection of hard materials)
- puru noun (collection of hard materials)
- pöly noun (collection of hard materials)
French
1 entries- gravillon noun (collection of hard materials)
German
4 entries- Grieß noun (collection of hard materials)
- Schotter noun (collection of hard materials)
- Schrot noun (collection of hard materials)
- Splitt noun (collection of hard materials)
Hungarian
4 entries- homok noun (collection of hard materials)
- homokkő noun (collection of hard materials)
- kavics noun (collection of hard materials)
- kőpor noun (collection of hard materials)
Italian
1 entries- sabbia noun (collection of hard materials)
Māori
1 entries- kirikiri noun (collection of hard materials)
Polish
2 entries- piasek noun (collection of hard materials)
- żwir noun (collection of hard materials)
Portuguese
1 entries- granalha noun (collection of hard materials)
Russian
1 entries- песо́к noun (collection of hard materials)
Serbo-Croatian
3 entries- pesak noun (collection of hard materials)
- pijesak noun (collection of hard materials)
- zrnca noun (collection of hard materials)
Spanish
1 entries- arenilla noun (collection of hard materials)
Sample sentences
24 total sentences available.
My university can't afford to grit its car parks.
Source: tatoeba (636127)
Grit in a sensitive instrument, or a crack in one of his own high-power lenses, would not be more disturbing than a strong emotion in a nature such as his.
Source: tatoeba (3148054)
Tom regularly feeds his chooks grit to enhance egg production.
Source: tatoeba (3345268)
Showing 4 of 24 available sentences.