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# grommet

noun (a grommet, grommets)

«grommet» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A grommet is a metal or plastic ring put in a hole in cloth, leather or paper to make the hole strong, like the holes for laces or for a tent rope. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grommet/#m1)
2. (medicine, UK, Australia) A grommet is a tiny tube a doctor puts in a child's eardrum to let fluid drain out and help hearing. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grommet/#m2)
3. (Australia, NZ, slang) A grommet (or grom) is a young surfer or skateboarder. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grommet/#m3)

### In the lessons

In everyday life you see grommets on shoes, curtains, banners and tents. Many children have grommets in their ears for «glue ear»; it is a small, common operation. In Australian and New Zealand beach life, groms are kids learning to surf. In design and technology lessons, grommets protect cables going through holes.

### Examples

- The tent rope goes through the metal grommet. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grommet/#x1)
- The banner has a grommet in each corner. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grommet/#x2)
- I had grommets put in my ears when I was five. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grommet/#x3)
- After the grommets, Lily could hear much better. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grommet/#x4)
- (Australia) The grommets were out surfing at dawn. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grommet/#x5)
- (Australia) That little grom can already ride big waves. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grommet/#x6)
- Put a rubber grommet where the wire passes through the box. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grommet/#x7)

### Note

Countable. The surfing sense is slang from Australia and New Zealand; «grom» is the short form. The ear tube is also called a «tympanostomy tube» by doctors (US: «ear tubes»).

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «grommet» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grommet/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«grommet» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/grommet.html) on Mova free.