Grounds

Pronunciation

From ground ("basis, surroundings")

Full definition of grounds

Noun

1. (legal) Basis or justification for something, as in "grounds for divorce."
2. The collective land areas that compose a larger area, as in the castle grounds.

Derived terms

• groundskeeper
• stomping grounds

From ground, past participle of to grind

Noun

noun

1. (plural only) The sediment at the bottom of a liquid, or from which a liquid has been filtered (as in coffee grounds).

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