The council refuses to grit my road.
Source: tatoeba (636117)
Grit
//ɡɹɪt//
Synonyms for "grit" (114 found)
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Closest matches (23)
Strong matches (34)
Related words (57)
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2 entriesRelated terms
17 entriesShowing 16 of 17 words.
at location
1 entriesderived
13 entrieshas context
3 entriesinstance of
1 entriesis a
2 entriesmanner of
2 entriesrelated to
42 entriesShowing 16 of 42 words.
Translations
121 translations across 22 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- булгур noun (husked but unground oats)
- скърцам verb (to clench)
Catalan
4 entries- braó noun (strength of mind)
- coratge noun (strength of mind)
- gra noun (measure of coarseness)
- grava noun (collection of hard materials)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 咬紧 verb (to clench)
Czech
4 entries- drť noun (collection of hard materials)
- kuráž noun (strength of mind)
- odhodlanost noun (strength of mind)
- písek noun (collection of hard materials)
Dutch
4 entries- gruis noun (collection of hard materials)
- grutten noun (husked but unground oats)
- lef noun (strength of mind)
- knarsen verb (to clench)
Esperanto
1 entries- knari verb (to clench)
Finnish
4 entries- karkeus noun (measure of coarseness)
- kauraryyni noun (husked but unground oats)
- kivipöly noun (collection of hard materials)
- metallipuru noun (collection of hard materials)
French
3 entries- cran noun (strength of mind)
- gravillon noun (collection of hard materials)
- grincer verb (to clench)
German
4 entries- Ballaststoff noun (inedible particles in food)
- Grieß noun (collection of hard materials)
- Grieß noun (inedible particles in food)
- Hafergraupen noun (husked but unground oats)
Hungarian
4 entries- elszántság noun (strength of mind)
- eltökéltség noun (strength of mind)
- határozottság noun (strength of mind)
- homok noun (collection of hard materials)
Ingrian
2 entries- korskaa verb (to give a grating sound)
- narskaa verb (to give a grating sound)
Italian
4 entries- avena mondata noun (husked but unground oats)
- grana noun (measure of coarseness)
- grinta noun (strength of mind)
- sabbia noun (collection of hard materials)
Japanese
1 entries- 気概 noun (strength of mind)
Māori
4 entries- hautū noun (strength of mind)
- kirikiri noun (collection of hard materials)
- manawaroa noun (strength of mind)
- niwha noun (strength of mind)
Polish
4 entries- piasek noun (collection of hard materials)
- stanowczość noun (strength of mind)
- wytrwałość noun (strength of mind)
- żwir noun (collection of hard materials)
Portuguese
4 entries- garra noun (strength of mind)
- granalha noun (collection of hard materials)
- grão noun (measure of coarseness)
- tenacidade noun (strength of mind)
Romanian
1 entries- scrâșni verb (to clench)
Russian
4 entries- бесстрашие noun (strength of mind)
- выдержка noun (strength of mind)
- зерни́стость noun (measure of coarseness)
- песо́к noun (collection of hard materials)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- balastna tvar noun (inedible particles in food)
- granulacija noun (measure of coarseness)
- pesak noun (collection of hard materials)
- pijesak noun (collection of hard materials)
Slovene
2 entries- vnema noun (strength of mind)
- zagnanost noun (strength of mind)
Spanish
4 entries- agalla noun (strength of mind)
- arenilla noun (collection of hard materials)
- avena pelada noun (husked but unground oats)
- grano noun (measure of coarseness)
Welsh
1 entries- graeanu verb (to cover with grit)
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)
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