grotto
a cave or cavern.
an artificial cavernlike recess or structure.
Origin of grotto
1Other words from grotto
- grottoed, adjective
- grot·to·like, adjective
Words Nearby grotto
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How to use grotto in a sentence
In Argentinian Patagonia, there sits a wide-mouthed grotto known as Cueva Huenul.
What’s in a packrat’s petrified pee? Just a few thousand years of secrets. | Rachel Feltman | August 12, 2021 | Popular-ScienceHazard’s sculptures are grottoes of torn paper, printed sparely with text and boxed in blond wood.
In the galleries: Up to his elbows in watery works and lustrous prints | Mark Jenkins | December 18, 2020 | Washington PostIn 2006, I traveled to France to visit the Sainte-Baume grotto.
Remember what you told me that moonlit night when we walked by the sea towards the grotto of Love.
The Doctor of Pimlico | William Le QueuxWhen he opened his eyes he found himself in a grotto whose crystal columns reflected the delicate tints of the rainbow.
Honey-Bee | Anatole France
But I saw rocks and trees around me; clouds; I was in a grotto and beside me was a man, that persecutor!
Balsamo, The Magician | Alexander DumasFrederick deposited his gun in a sort of natural grotto formed by a deep opening half concealed by a thick curtain of ivy.
The Seven Cardinal Sins: Envy and Indolence | Eugne SueAverage Jones looked down into the hollow with satisfaction, and moved his full canteens into a grotto.
Average Jones | Samuel Hopkins Adams
British Dictionary definitions for grotto
/ (ˈɡrɒtəʊ) /
a small cave, esp one with attractive features
a construction in the form of a cave, esp as in landscaped gardens during the 18th century
Origin of grotto
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