Grove

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  • noun. A small wood or stand of trees lacking dense undergrowth.
  • noun. A group of trees planted and cultivated for the production of fruit or nuts.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. Same as groove
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. A group of trees of indefinite extent, but not large enough to constitute a forest; especially, such a group considered as furnishing shade for avenues or walks; a small wood free from underbrush.
  • noun. [In the authorized version of the Bible grove is used erroneously— As a translation (following the Septuagint and Vulgate) of the Hebrew word Asherah (pl. Asherim). The revised version retains Asherah, inserting “or obelisk” in the margin. It is now commonly understood as meaning a divinity or an image of a divinity worshiped by lewd rites, and as a variation in form of the name Astarte or Ashtaroth.
  • noun. As a translation of the Hebrew word eshel in Gen. xxi. 33, rendered tree in 1 Sam. xxxi. 13, and in both passages in the revised version tamarisk tree.]
  • noun. Synonyms Woods, Park, etc. See forest.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A smaller group of trees than a forest, and without underwood, planted, or growing naturally as if arranged by art; a wood of small extent.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A small forest.
  • noun. An orchard of fruit trees.
  • noun. A place of worship
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. a small growth of trees without underbrush
  • noun. garden consisting of a small cultivated wood without undergrowth
  • Word Usage
    "COOPER: And that smoke on the left-hand side of the screen, Walter saying that somewhere around that smoke the remnants of an entire Iraqi battalion who were laying in wait in what he described as a grove, discovered by the Kiowa scout helicopters that was moving in advance of the troops in the 7th Cavalry."
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    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    Woods  forest  wood  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Dove  Hove  Nov  Soave  bove  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    avenue  bough  branch  bush  copse  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    batch  bocage  bosk  bottom  bottom glade  
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