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grounds

grounds

English

Noun

grounds

plural of ground

Etymology 2

From ground ‎(“basis, surroundings”)

Noun

grounds ‎(plural grounds)

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

Derived terms

Translations

basis of an action

Maori: papa, rawa

area of land

Dutch: terrein (nl), omgeving (nl)

Finnish: tilus (fi)

Etymology 3

From ground, past participle of to grind

Noun

grounds

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

Translations

sediment at the bottom of a liquid

Catalan: marro (ca) m
French: marc (fr) m
German: Satz (de) m
Greek: κατακάθι (el) n ‎(katakáthi)
Hungarian: üledék (hu)

Irish: dríodar caife m (coffee)
Navajo: bitłʼááshjání
Polish: osad (pl) m, (of a coffee or tea) fusy (pl) pl
Spanish: concho (es) m, poso (es) m, hez (es) f
Welsh: gwaddod m

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