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fishing grounds

fishing grounds is the plural of fishing ground.

Meaning of fishing ground

Noun

fishing ground (plural fishing grounds)

  1. An area of water used for fishing (usually a sea area).
    • The harbour is now a terminus of the Hebridean car-ferry service to Stornoway in Lewis, and the fishing grounds of the Minch attract many boats from east-coast ports.1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 389, about Ullapool

Questions about fishing grounds

What is fishing grounds the plural of?
Fishing grounds is the plural of fishing ground.

Words near fishing grounds in the dictionary

  1. fishing expeditions
  2. fishing for compliments
  3. fishing frog
  4. fishing frogs
  5. fishing ground
  6. fishing grounds
  7. fishing hook
  8. fishing hooks
  9. fishing in troubled waters
  10. fishing line
  11. fishing lines

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