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# grotto

«grotto» in Mova's school dictionary: **A small cave, often a shady or decorated place, sometimes…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (grottoes or grottos)

### meaning for a pupil

A small cave, often a shady or decorated place, sometimes made in a garden. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grotto/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in tales, a grotto is a cave where nymphs, fairies or dreamers meet

### examples

- The children found a grotto behind the waterfall. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grotto/#x1)
- The nymphs lived in a shady grotto. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grotto/#x2)
- Santa has a grotto in the shop. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grotto/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «grotto» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grotto/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.