Noun

• S: (n) grit, gritrock, gritstone (a hard coarse-grained siliceous sandstone)
• S: (n) backbone, grit, guts, moxie, sand, gumption (fortitude and determination) "he didn't have the guts to try it"
• domain usage
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• derivationally related form
• W: (adj) gritty [Related to: grit] (willing to face danger)
• W: (adj) gutsy [Related to: guts] (marked by courage and determination in the face of difficulties or danger; robust and uninhibited) "you have to admire her; it was a gutsy thing to do"; "the gutsy...intensity of her musical involvement"-Judith Crist; "a gutsy red wine"

Verb

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