1
: a flexible loop that serves as a fastening, support, or reinforcement
2
: an eyelet of firm material to strengthen or protect an opening or to insulate or protect something passed through it
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When purchasing a liner along with a shower curtain, the two items should be the same width and have the same number of grommets or attachment points for hooks.
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Bestreviews, Mercury News, 14 Jan. 2026
Buttons, zippers, fasteners, grommets, thread, tapes, bindings, beads and sequins add visual interest, lend structure or literally hold garments together.
—Jasmin Malik Chua, Sourcing Journal, 12 Jan. 2026
The main curtains designers want to see gone in 2026 are grommet, or eyelet-style.
—Nishaa Sharma, The Spruce, 5 Jan. 2026
Use flexible straps around the trunk with grommets to hold the wire to the stakes.
—Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 30 Dec. 2025
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Bestreviews, Mercury News, 14 Jan. 2026
Buttons, zippers, fasteners, grommets, thread, tapes, bindings, beads and sequins add visual interest, lend structure or literally hold garments together.
—Jasmin Malik Chua, Sourcing Journal, 12 Jan. 2026
The main curtains designers want to see gone in 2026 are grommet, or eyelet-style.
—Nishaa Sharma, The Spruce, 5 Jan. 2026
Use flexible straps around the trunk with grommets to hold the wire to the stakes.
—Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 30 Dec. 2025
See All Example Sentences for grommet
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“Grommet.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/grommet. Accessed 16 Jan. 2026.
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