Details of word GRIT

Definition of grit

n. - Sand or gravel; rough, hard particles.
n. - The coarse part of meal.
n. - Grain, esp. oats or wheat, hulled and coarsely ground; in high milling, fragments of cracked wheat smaller than groats.
n. - A hard, coarse-grained siliceous sandstone; as, millstone grit; -- called also gritrock and gritstone. The name is also applied to a finer sharp-grained sandstone; as, grindstone grit.
n. - Structure, as adapted to grind or sharpen; as, a hone of good grit.
n. - Firmness of mind; invincible spirit; unyielding courage; fortitude.
v. i. - To give forth a grating sound, as sand under the feet; to grate; to grind.
v. t. - To grind; to rub harshly together; to grate; as, to grit the teeth.

Word "grit" contains 4 letters : G I R T

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