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grottowork

grottowork noun: artificial ornamental rockwork in imitation of a grotto.

Noun

grottowork (usually uncountable, plural grottoworks)

  1. (usually) artificial ornamental rockwork in imitation of a grotto
    • You, in your grotto-work enclos'd,
      Complain of being thus expos'd;
      Yet nothing feel in that rough coat,
      Save when the knife is at your throat1782, William Cowper, “The Poet, the Oyster, and Sensitive Plant”, in Poems, London: […] J[oseph] Johnson, […], →OCLC

Forms of grottowork

pluralgrottoworks
alternative formgrotto-work

Origin of grottowork

From grotto + work.

Questions about grottowork

What does grottowork mean?
Grottowork means artificial ornamental rockwork in imitation of a grotto.
What part of speech is grottowork?
Grottowork is a noun.
What is the plural of grottowork?
The plural of grottowork is grottoworks.

Words near grottowork in the dictionary

  1. grottoed
  2. grottoes
  3. grottolike
  4. Grotton
  5. grottos
  6. grottowork
  7. grottoworks
  8. grotty
  9. groty
  10. grotzen
  11. grotzens

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