grom‧met /ˈɡrɒmət, ˈɡrɒmɪt $ ˈɡrɑː-/ noun [countable]
[Date: 1600-1700; Origin: From early French gormette 'one of the leather bands around a horse's head']

1. a small metal ring that is used around a hole in cloth or leather to make it stronger

2. British English a small piece of plastic that a doctor puts into a child’s ear in order to remove liquid from it

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