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
  • Guided tours lead visitors along pathways, share the history of the caverns, and highlight its wildlife and unique formations, like the 250-foot-deep bottomless pool.
    Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 13 Apr. 2025
  • Hansen offered cave tours to visitors, helped lead exploration in the more than 220-mile network of caverns and helped with biology, cartography and wildlife projects.
    Alicia Victoria Lozano, NBC News, 21 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • The ancient grotto-style project is still very much in process, Pugh added.
    John Wenzel, The Denver Post, 17 Jan. 2025
  • Or spend your days making like a mermaid in your very own indoor grotto complete with a waterfall and lazy-river-style shape that circulates around a picturesque center island.
    Jessica Cherner, Architectural Digest, 17 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Thorin was the name given to a Neanderthal specimen found amongst a small group of Neanderthals that lived between 42,000 years and 52,000 years ago in the Grotte Mandrin, a cave located in southern France.
    Sara Novak, Discover Magazine, 18 Apr. 2025
  • These artifacts, found in a cave considered part of the underworld, may be connected to ideas of creation and fertility.
    Stories by Real-Time news team, with AI summarization, Miami Herald, 18 Apr. 2025
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“Grot.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grot. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.

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