Word Meaning

Meaning of grits

- Sand or gravel; rough, hard particles.
- The coarse part of meal.
- Grain, esp. oats or wheat, hulled and coarsely ground; in high milling, fragments of cracked wheat smaller than groats.
- 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.
- Structure, as adapted to grind or sharpen; as, a hone of good grit.
- Firmness of mind; invincible spirit; unyielding courage; fortitude.
- To give forth a grating sound, as sand under the feet; to grate; to grind.
- To grind; to rub harshly together; to grate; as, to grit the teeth.

Crossword clue for grits

- Annoying sand particles
- Coarse particles
- Coarse sand
- Courage
- Courage and endurance
- Determination
- Determination, bravery
- Fine hard particles
- Fine stony particles
- Firmness of character
- Gravel
- Indomitable spirit
- Loose sand
- Of low character
- Rough particles of sand
- Sand particles
- Small sand
- Coarsely ground grain