grinds

Noun



 * 1)  Tutoring; extra lessons in a specific subject outside of school hours.
 * 2)  Food, eats.
 * 3)  Used ground coffee, coffee grounds.
 * 1)  Food, eats.
 * 2)  Used ground coffee, coffee grounds.

Usage notes
Referring to used coffee as “coffee grinds” is proscribed, as a corruption of “coffee ”. The degree of fineness of grinding is referred to as the, but ground coffee itself is prescribed to be referred to as grounds, generally either “fresh grounds” if unused, or “spent grounds” if used. The use of grounds to refer to dregs in a liquid dates to the 1300s.