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grottoworks

grottoworks is the plural of grottowork.

Meaning of grottowork

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

Questions about grottoworks

What is grottoworks the plural of?
Grottoworks is the plural of grottowork.

Words near grottoworks in the dictionary

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

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