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View synonyms for grotto

grotto

[ grot-oh ]

noun

, plural grot·toes, grot·tos.
  1. a cave or cavern.
  2. an artificial cavernlike recess or structure.


grotto

/ ˈɡrɒtəʊ /

noun

  1. a small cave, esp one with attractive features
  2. a construction in the form of a cave, esp as in landscaped gardens during the 18th century
“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


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  • grottoed adjective
  • grotto·like adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of grotto1

1610–20; < Italian grotta < Vulgar Latin *crupta, for Latin crypta subterranean passage, chamber. See crypt
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Word History and Origins

Origin of grotto1

C17: from Old Italian grotta, from Late Latin crypta vault; see crypt
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Example Sentences

In Argentinian Patagonia, there sits a wide-mouthed grotto known as Cueva Huenul.

Hazard’s sculptures are grottoes of torn paper, printed sparely with text and boxed in blond wood.

In 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.

When he opened his eyes he found himself in a grotto whose crystal columns reflected the delicate tints of the rainbow.

But I saw rocks and trees around me; clouds; I was in a grotto and beside me was a man, that persecutor!

Frederick deposited his gun in a sort of natural grotto formed by a deep opening half concealed by a thick curtain of ivy.

Average Jones looked down into the hollow with satisfaction, and moved his full canteens into a grotto.

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