Grove - English meaning

noun

An area of woodland in which the trees or shrubs are periodically cut back to ground level to stimulate growth and provide firewood or timber.

Usage examples:

Coppices of oak were cultivated

verb

Cut back (a tree or shrub) to ground level periodically to stimulate growth.

Usage examples:

The company began to coppice the woodland for conservation purposes

noun

An area of closely planted trees in which the trees are cut back regularly to provide wood

Usage examples:

A hazel/willow coppice

noun

A small group of trees.

Usage examples:

As one approaches the copse of trees at the entrance to tobernalt, one usually stands still by a la…

noun

A small group of trees

noun

The den of an otter.

Usage examples:

They have built a false otter holt, or den, by the river - its exact location is a carefully kept s…

noun

A wood or wooded hill.

Usage examples:

Miller also refers to a change in this landscape, presumably after enclosure: ‘the crofts and garth…

noun

The den (= home) of an otter (= a small mammal that lives near water and swims well)

noun

A hillock.

noun

A piece of enclosed land planted with fruit trees.

Usage examples:

An apple orchard

noun

An area of land where fruit trees are grown

Usage examples:

An apple orchard

noun

An estate on which crops such as coffee, sugar, and tobacco are grown.

Usage examples:

Sugar and tobacco plantations were established in the 17th century, worked by imported african slav…

noun

A large farm, esp. in a hot part of the world, on which a particular crop is grown

Usage examples:

A coffee/rubber plantation

noun

A small area of trees and bushes.

Usage examples:

And think of the features that make our landscape so gorgeously english: the hedgerows, drystone wa…

noun

A small wood

noun

A dense group of bushes or trees.

Usage examples:

A horned owl perfectly camouflaged in a dense thicket

noun

An area of trees and bushes growing closely together

noun

The hard fibrous material that forms the main substance of the trunk or branches of a tree or shrub, used for fuel or timber.

Usage examples:

A block of wood

noun

A hard substance that forms the branches and trunks of trees and can be used as a building material, for making things, or as a fuel

Usage examples:

He gathered some wood to build a fire., she attached a couple of planks of wood to the wall for she…

noun

A type of golf club (= long, thin stick) with a rounded wooden end, used for hitting the ball over long distances

Usage examples:

He likes to use a number 2 wood to tee off.