Meaning

3 senses

  1. (poetic)A grotto.

  2. (UK, slang, uncountable)Any unpleasant substance or material.

  3. (UK, countable, slang)A miserable person.

More definitions
  • a small cave (usually with attractive features)

Origin

From grotto, by shortening, or French grotte. Back-formation from grotty.

From grotto, by shortening, or French grotte.

Back-formation from grotty.

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Forms

plural: grots
Singulargrot
Pluralgrots

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a small cave (usually with attractive features):grotto

Word family

2 related words
Derivedgrotbaggrotsky

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
grossB2grosslygrotesquegrotto
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