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grot

American  
[grot] / grɒt /

noun

Chiefly Literary.
  1. a grotto.


grot 1 British  
/ ɡrɒt /

noun

  1. slang rubbish; dirt

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

grot 2 British  
/ ɡrɒt /

noun

  1. a poetic word for grotto

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of grot

1500–10; < French grotte < Italian grotta; see grotto


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Ron Ford, 75, a volunteer litter picker in Torfaen, said roadside litter was a "constant problem" and certain "grot spots" required repeated cleaning.

From BBC ● May 6, 2026

August’s little elfin grot was a space about the size of a one-car garage.

From Salon ● Jun. 16, 2019

Grace Dent recently noted in The Guardian how the winking sauciness of Blind Date has morphed into the straight-talking grot of Take Me Out, and a similar thing has occurred in divadom.

From The Guardian ● Mar. 22, 2011

A Garden is a lovesome thing, God wot; Rose plot, Fringed pool, Ferned grot, The veriest school of Peace; And yet the fool Contends that God is not in gardens.

From Old-Time Gardens Newly Set Forth by Alice Morse Earle

Young Naiad of the sparry grot, Whose azure eyes before me burn, In what sequestered lonely spot Lies hid thy flower-enwreathed urn?

From Enthusiasm and Other Poems by Susanna Moodie

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