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Word entry · 5 letters

grove

Best crossword clue

"Small group of trees"

5 letters · collected on this word page

5 lettersPronunciation /ɡɹəʊv/Part of speech nounSorted egorvStarts with GEnds with E1 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. garden consisting of a small cultivated wood without undergrowth

Word origin

From 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”).

Used in a sentence

  • Religious sodomy was practised by male prostitutes in the Hebrew temple groves, which was one of the abominations of Israel that Josiah cleared away.
  • Near-synonym: woodland
  • The trees and shrubs are not arranged after any particular system, but are scattered or groved together in various parts of the garden.

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