grassplot

[ gras-plot, grahs- ]

noun

1. a plot of ground covered with or reserved for grass.

Word History and Origins

Origin of grassplot¹

First recorded in 1600–10; grass + plot

Example Sentences

Where did it come from—that quaint little house with the fanlight over the door and the flower-starred grassplot in front?

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Once, when the sparrow was hopping about on the grassplot near the parrot's perch, a cat sprang out from some bushes.

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Strictly speaking, a grassplot should be all grass, grass and a little white clover.

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The creature was strong and spirited, and galloped with them round the grassplot.

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Morton accompanied him to a sequestered grassplot, where their colleagues awaited them.

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