as in cavern
a naturally formed underground chamber with an opening to the surface
the famous Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered in a long-forgotten grot by a shepherd boy
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Noun
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Paddle amidst the towering rock formations, the remnants of Virgin Gorda's volcanic past, to discover hidden caverns where waves and sand meet.—
Carley Rojas Avila,
Travel + Leisure,
22 Dec. 2024 -
On Sunday’s episode of The Excerpt podcast: Hidden beneath Earth’s surface are caverns and pathways that hold the secrets of our planet’s very beginnings.—
Dana Taylor,
USA TODAY,
10 Dec. 2024
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That snow grotto is filled with real snowflakes that descend from the ceiling through the cold air.—
Susan B. Barnes,
Robb Report,
12 Dec. 2024
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The Butterfly Garden, for example, is set in a large conservatory designed as a tropical forest, with an 18-foot high grotto waterfall.—
Ryan Krogh,
Outside Online,
4 Dec. 2024
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Usually, archaeologists make bombshell discoveries when a trowel hits a skull or other telltale bone in the confines of a cave.—
Katie Hunt,
CNN,
24 Jan. 2025
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Both returned to their old village, both rebuilt their lives, and both lived with the atrocity inside of them until death, retreating back into the caves and sleeping with a saw under their mattress, as if preparing for a resumption of hostilities at any moment.—
Robert Rubsam,
Vulture,
22 Jan. 2025
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“Grot.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grot. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.
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