grove
A small forestA small forest.
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» We walked through the bamboo grove.
Wir wandelten durch den Bambushain. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
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5 sensesA small forest.
Hain, Gehölz, Wäldchen
ро́щаróšča, лесо́кlesók, гайgaj
гайhaj, лісо́кlisók
a small growth of trees without underbrush
A small forest with minimal undergrowth.
Near-synonym: woodland
garden consisting of a small cultivated wood without undergrowth
An orchard of fruit trees.
A place of worship.
A lodge of the Ancient Order of Druids.
Examples
32 sentencesWe walked through the bamboo grove.
deWir wandelten durch den Bambushain. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
We walked through the olive grove.
deWir wandelten durch den Olivenhain. — Waldelfe
I lived near an orange grove when I was a kid.
Near the creek, there's a grove.
I went into the grove with him.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English grove, grave, from Old English grāf, grāfa (“grove; copse”), from ProtFrom Middle English grove, grave, from Old English grāf, grāfa (“grove; copse”), from Proto-West Germanic *graib, *graibō (“branch, group of branches, thicket”), from Proto-Germanic *graibaz, *graibô (“branch, fork”).
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Forms
plural: grovesSynonyms
4 synonyms- garden consisting of a small cultivated wood without undergrowth:woodletorchardplantation
Word family
21 related wordsSee also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.