grit

Nouns

• (n) a hard coarse-grained siliceous sandstone gritrock, gritstone,
• (n) fortitude and determination
  • he didn't have the guts to try it
  guts, moxie, backbone, gumption, sand,

Verbs

• (v) cover with a grit
  • grit roads
• (v) clench together
  • grit one's teeth

Synonyms

Words of close approximity