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grosse

grosse is the obsolete spelling of gross.

Meaning of gross

Noun

gross (countable and uncountable, plural gross or grosses)

  1. Twelve dozen = 144.
    • We need to order three gross of torx screws for next week.
  2. The total amount (of goods, money, etc) before taxes, expenses, exceptions, tares, or similar deductions are subtracted.
  3. The bulk; the mass.

See all 17 meanings of gross

Proper noun capitalized: Grosse

Grosse (plural Grosses)

  1. A surname.

Forms of grosse

pluralGrosses

Words formed from grosse

Phrases with grosse

Questions about grosse

What does grosse mean?
Grosse means a surname.
What is grosse the obsolete spelling of?
Grosse is the obsolete spelling of gross.
What part of speech is grosse?
Grosse is a proper noun.

Words near grosse in the dictionary

  1. grossarenic
  2. grossbeak
  3. grossbeaks
  4. Grossberg
  5. Grossbergs
  6. grosse
  7. Grosse Ile
  8. Grosse Pointe
  9. grossed
  10. grossed out
  11. grossed up

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Adapted from Wiktionary: grosse (page history and authors); Grosse (page history and authors); gross (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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