Grounds - definition, pronunciation, transcription
noun
- the enclosed land around a house or other building (syn: curtilage, yard)
- a tract of land cleared for some special purposes (recreation or burial etc.)
- a justification for something existing or happening (syn: cause, reason)
- dregs consisting of solid particles (especially of coffee) that form a residue
Extra examples
Each fall the birds return to their wintering grounds.
The irretrievable breakdown of a marriage can be grounds for divorce.
...a rogue archbishop who was excommunicated on grounds of contumacy...
She divorced him on the grounds of intolerable cruelty.
...use of the grounds was just one appanage he bestowed upon the caretakers of his estate...
...the estate's grounds include a delightfully umbrageous grove...
We visited their august mansion and expansive grounds.
I can probably get you a couple of days extension on compassionate grounds.
Now that you've seen the house, I'll show you around the grounds.
Put the coffee grounds in the garbage.
There were no grounds to deny bail.
When the rain stops let's head for the picnic grounds.
These are all the grounds pertaining to the castle.
He was retired on medical grounds.
If you dare to trespass on my grounds you will be treated as a vagrant or a beggar.
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