grot
Americannoun
noun
noun
Etymology
Origin of grot
1500–10; < French grotte < Italian grotta; grotto
Example Sentences
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August’s little elfin grot was a space about the size of a one-car garage.
From Salon • Jun. 16, 2019
Grace Dent recently noted in The Guardian how the winking sauciness of Blind Date has morphed into the straight-talking grot of Take Me Out, and a similar thing has occurred in divadom.
From The Guardian • Mar. 22, 2011
There lies the grot of Adelberg, and day Sees us past Gratze’s fortress hasten by Like lightning’s flash, nor stop until we spy St. Stephen’s dome from out the darkness peer.
From Notes in North Africa Being a Guide to the Sportsman and Tourist in Algeria and Tunisia by Windham, W. G.
By many a bard, in Celtic tongue, Has Coir-nan-Uriskin been sung;note A softer name the Saxons gave, And called the grot the Goblin-cave.
From Lady of the Lake by Moody, William Vaughn
Patriotism is dead, since there is no longer any native land, but only a native grot.
From Underground Man by Tarde, Gabriel
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