grove

About 6.58 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A small forest.
2. noun A small forest with minimal undergrowth.
3. noun An orchard of fruit trees.
4. noun A place of worship.
5. noun A lodge of the Ancient Order of Druids.
6. verb To cultivate in groves; to grow naturally so as to form groves.
7. verb To cultivate with periodic harvesting that also serves to create order (gaps and lines of trees) to facilitate further harvesting.
8. verb To plough or gouge with lines.

Similar words

woodlet orchard woodland coppice forest woodlot riverbank groove shoreline slot

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Word family

George Grove Grove Sir George Grove groves