grove

¹

[ grohv ]

noun

1. a small wood or forested area, usually with no undergrowth:

   a grove of pines.

2. a small orchard or stand of fruit-bearing trees, especially citrus trees:

   a grove of lemon trees.

Grove

²

[ grohv ]

noun

1. Sir George, 1820–1900, English musicologist.
2. Robert Moses Lefty, 1900–75, U.S. baseball player.

grove

/ ɡrəʊv /

noun

1. a small wooded area or plantation
2. 1. a road lined with houses and often trees, esp in a suburban area
   2. ( capital as part of a street name )

      Ladbroke Grove

Other Words From

• groved adjective
• groveless adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of grove¹

First recorded before 900; Middle English; Old English grāf

Word History and Origins

Origin of grove¹

Old English grāf; related to grǣfa thicket, greave , Norwegian greivla to intertwine

Synonym Study

See forest.

Example Sentences

There’s a new method to find peak fall colors, and it could help you decide whether or not to trek to your favorite grove of trees.

From Outside Online

When you notice something interesting—an interpretive sign, a cool beetle, a grove where the light hits just so—check it out.

From Outside Online

Camp in a tropical grove of fruit trees just a ten-minute drive from Everglades National Park’s south entrance.

From Outside Online

Camp in a grove of walnut trees just 25 minutes from downtown Kansas City.

From Outside Online

In a huge field or grove, however, it would be too time-consuming and costly to apply the patches by hand.

From Science News For Students

Excerpted from Havel: A Life by Nichael Zantovsky; used with the permission of the publisher, Grove Atlantic, Inc.

From The Daily Beast

With lights flashing, the cruiser arrived at the Blooming Grove State Police barracks in Pike County.

From The Daily Beast

Frein was lodged in a holding cell at Blooming Grove barracks.

From The Daily Beast

The chef grew up in Cedar Grove, New Jersey where family life was “busy and the food terrible.”

From The Daily Beast

Lloyd Grove chats with the man in charge about his cohorts, competitors and companions.

From The Daily Beast

The building, a mosque-like structure of considerable size, was situated in the midst of a grove of mango trees.

From Project Gutenberg

She locks the door behind them, and throws the key among the nettles that grew in a thick grove at her right.

From Project Gutenberg

There is another cocoanut grove on the farm, beside the one where Alila gets the tuba.

From Project Gutenberg

A little way beyond the poplar-grove Piegan drew rein, and held up one hand.

From Project Gutenberg

Once—twice, the chorus of that old English Royalist song rose up out of the grove.

From Project Gutenberg