grot
Americannoun
noun
"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012noun
"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012Etymology
Origin of grot
1500–10; < French grotte < Italian grotta; grotto
Example Sentences
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Thousands of daffodils planted by volunteers to cheer up a town's "grot spot" have been stolen.
From BBC
August’s little elfin grot was a space about the size of a one-car garage.
From Salon
"It showed the North East in all its diversity, in all its character, in all of its beauty, in all of its grot, in all of its grime," Si King says.
From BBC
Once I got past that hurdle, I took my first pictures, but they no longer seemed relevant: they were stereotypical shots, full of dirt and grot.
From The Guardian
A Garden is a lovesome thing, God wot; Rose plot, Fringed pool, Ferned grot, The veriest school of Peace; And yet the fool Contends that God is not in gardens.
From Project Gutenberg
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