grom ‧ met /ˈɡrɒmət, ˈɡrɒmɪt $ ˈɡrɑː-/ BrE AmE 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