Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

grot

/ɡɹɑt/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.89 in modern English

Syllables: grot
IPA: /ɡɹɑt/

5

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

noun

Any unpleasant substance or material.

British usage; Slang; Uncountable

noun

A miserable person.

British usage; Countable; Slang

Example Sentences

"She took me to her elfin grot, / And there she wept, and sigh'd full sore, / And there I shut her wild wild eyes / With kisses four."
"Those of Luxembourg and Rohan even falsified their genealogies for that purpose; and the house of Sassenage, though it might claim its descent from a monarch, preferred Melusinc, and to gratify them it was feigned that when she quitted Lusignan she retired to the grot of Sassenage, in Dauphiny."

Etymology

From grotto, by shortening, or French grotte.

Origin

Source language: French

Word Breakdown

Root: grotte

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ɡɹɑt/
British English: /ɡɹɒt/

Usage

Inflected Forms

grots (plural)

Derived Forms

grotbag grotsky

Synonyms

grotto

Rhymes With

not got lot a lot water lot shot hot not so hot cannot white-hot red-hot spot

Questions

How do you pronounce grot?: The recorded pronunciation is /ɡɹɑt/.
What does grot mean?: A grotto.
Where does grot come from?: It is traced to French.

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