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GROTTO (grottoes)

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Irregular inflected form: grottoes  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

 Dictionary entry overview: What does grotto mean? 

GROTTO (noun)
  The noun GROTTO has 1 sense:

1. a small cave (usually with attractive features)play

  Familiarity information: GROTTO used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


GROTTO (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A small cave (usually with attractive features)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Synonyms:

grot; grotto

Hypernyms ("grotto" is a kind of...):

cave (a geological formation consisting of an underground enclosure with access from the surface of the ground or from the sea)


 Context examples 


Every shadowy nook, where seats invited one to stop and rest, was a mass of bloom, every cool grotto had its marble nymph smiling from a veil of flowers and every fountain reflected crimson, white, or pale pink roses, leaning down to smile at their own beauty.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)



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