1. A hard coarse-grained siliceous sandstone
   - gritrock, gritstone 
2. Fortitude and determination
   - backbone, guts, moxie [N. Amer], sand, gumption, cojones [N. Amer]

1. Cover with a grit
   "grit roads" 
2. Clench together
   "grit one's teeth"

Derived forms: grits, gritting, gritted

See also: gritty

Type of: clench, coat, fortitude, sandstone, surface

Encyclopedia: Grit

• riveter
• riveting
• riveting machine
• rivetter
• Riviera
• Rivina
• Rivina humilis
• rivulet
• rivulus
• Riyadh
• riyal
• riyal-omani
• rms
• Rn
• RNA
• RNA polymerase
• RNase
• RNIB
• RNLI
• Ro
• ro-ro
• roach
• roach clip
• roach holder
• roaching