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grot
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun grot has 1 sense
- grot(n = noun.object) grotto - a small cave (usually with attractive features); Array is a kind of cave
CIDE DICTIONARY
grot, n. [F. grotte, It. grotta. See Grotto.].
A grotto. Milton. [1913 Webster]
grot, n.
A groat. Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
grot, n. & adj. Brit. sl.
--n. rubbish, junk.
--adj. dirty .
--n. rubbish, junk.
--adj. dirty .
Etymology
back-form. f. GROTTY
ROGET THESAURUS
grot
Concavity
N concavity, depression, dip, hollow, hollowness, indentation, intaglio, cavity, dent, dint, dimple, follicle, pit, sinus, alveolus, lacuna, excavation, strip mine, trough, honeycomb, cup, basin, crater, punch bowl, cell, socket, valley, vale, dale, dell, dingle, combe, bottom, slade, strath, glade, grove, glen, cave, cavern, cove, grot, grotto, alcove, cul-de- sac, gully, arch, bay, excavator, sapper, miner, honeycomb (sponge), depressed, alveolate, calathiform, cup-shaped, dishing, favaginous, faveolate, favose, scyphiform, scyphose, concave, hollow, stove in, retiring, retreating, cavernous, porous, infundibul, infundibular, infundibuliform, funnel shaped, bell shaped, campaniform, capsular, vaulted, arched.
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