"grot" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ɡɹɑt/ [General-American], /ɡɹɒt/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: En-au-grot.ogg [Australia] Forms: grots [plural]
Rhymes: -ɒt Etymology: From grotto, by shortening, or French grotte. Etymology templates: {{m|en|grotto|}} grotto, {{bor|en|fr|grotte}} French grotte Head templates: {{en-noun}} grot (plural grots)
  1. (poetic) A grotto. Tags: poetic Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-grot-en-noun-QTDxCtXi Disambiguation of People: 54 12 34
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ɡɹɑt/ [General-American], /ɡɹɒt/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: En-au-grot.ogg [Australia] Forms: grots [plural]
Rhymes: -ɒt Etymology: Back-formation from grotty. Etymology templates: {{back-form|en|grotty}} Back-formation from grotty Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} grot (countable and uncountable, plural grots)
  1. (slang, uncountable) Any unpleasant substance or material. Tags: British, slang, uncountable
    Sense id: en-grot-en-noun-nMpCeGRP Categories (other): British English, English back-formations, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of British English: 20 52 28 Disambiguation of English back-formations: 8 84 8 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 84 12 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 3 86 11
  2. (slang, countable) A miserable person. Tags: British, countable, slang
    Sense id: en-grot-en-noun-~Lo3VT-Z
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for grot meaning in English (3.4kB)

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