Grove

¹ American  

[grohv] / groʊv /

noun

1. Sir George, 1820–1900, English musicologist.

2. Robert Moses Lefty, 1900–75, U.S. baseball player.

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grove ² American  

[grohv] / groʊv /

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.

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grove British  

/ 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

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Related Words

See forest.

Other Word Forms

• groved adjective
• groveless adjective

Etymology

Origin of grove

First recorded before 900; Middle English; Old English grāf

Example Sentences

It has a pool, tennis court, gardens, a lake, an olive grove and a 25-acre vineyard, the outlet said.

From Los Angeles Times

Mr Hoyles' windswept grove is one of the world's most northerly commercial olive farms.

From BBC

The truck lumbered through the forest in the setting sun, stopping at a grove of bigcone Douglas-fir trees, where West and a colleague unloaded the cage, lifted the door and waited as Orange peeked outside.

From The Wall Street Journal

In a moment of silence, they rushed outside to shelter in a nearby grove.

From Barron's

And hidden within a densely wooded grove was the old barn.

From Literature