grove

noun

Definition of grovenext
as in forest
a small group of trees They passed a grove of oaks on their hike to the lake.

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Recent Examples of grove In the shade of a dense forest canopy, Odette Kouakou paces through her grove of cocoa trees, snapping off dead leaves and poking the ripe yellow pods hanging down from the branches with a stick. — Colette Davidson, Christian Science Monitor, 22 Aug. 2026 But in the Pacific Palisades, one mature grove, planted experimentally in the late 1800s, is still thriving, miraculously untouched by last year’s destructive fires. — Hannah Martin, Architectural Digest, 21 Aug. 2026 The 11-mile Hoh River Trail explores every nook and cranny of this serene rain forest, while the shorter one-mile Hall of Mosses loops through old-growth forests and maple groves, with a verdant canopy of moss providing shade along the way. — Stephanie Vermillion, Travel + Leisure, 21 Aug. 2026 Here, with the thermometer approaching a hundred, the grove of hornbeams turned a Las Vegas summer day into a San Francisco spring. — Eric Klinenberg, New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for grove
Recent Examples of Synonyms for grove
  1. forest
  2. bush
  3. hedge
  4. stand
  5. tangle
  6. copse
  7. woodland
  8. woodlot
Noun
  • Sign up to get expert tips on the best of Southern California's beaches, trails, parks, deserts, forests and mountains in your inbox every Thursday.
    — Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 27 Aug. 2026
  • Bordering the Indian Ocean, the game reserve’s unique coastal location brings seven lush ecosystems into the picture, including a portion of the world’s last remaining sand forest.
    — Paul Jebara, Condé Nast Traveler, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of forest
Noun
  • Pyne has juniper bushes and blue spruces growing alongside ponderosa pines.
    — Megan Schrader, Denver Post, 27 Aug. 2026
  • Nearby, blueberry bushes cover old foxholes, trenches and deep craters from artillery fire.
    — Sam McNeil, Los Angeles Times, 24 Aug. 2026
Definition of bush
Noun
  • But China is building a hedge, albeit still a small one, against Washington's measures.
    — Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 26 Aug. 2026
  • The famous hedges were removed from Sanford Stadium for that occasion.
    — Seth Emerson, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of hedge
Noun
  • The collection also features a mash-up between a laptop stand and a gaming hardware toolbox, which can be used to store all your gaming accessories, and has an on-brand green cutaway at the bottom.
    — Will McCurdy, PC Magazine, 29 Aug. 2026
  • Lady Eliza and her twin sister, Lady Amelia, regulars in the Wimbledon stands, might also accompany Meghan during the upcoming season.
    — Mathilde Engelmann, Vanity Fair, 29 Aug. 2026
Definition of stand
Noun
  • The Bell Jar Tracing the tangle of a new job in New York City and the simultaneous onrush of clinical depression, The Bell Jar brings the interior world of central character Esther Greenwood into stunning relief.
    — Caroline Rogers, Southern Living, 22 Aug. 2026
  • Penske has designed tracks through city blocks, but never through both federal and municipal grounds with a tangle of buildings that include the Department of Justice, the Federal Trade Commission and the National Archives.
    — Adam Kilgore, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of tangle
Noun
  • The vegetation is mostly grassland, which shines with an almost alien-green intensity in the spring, dotted with copses of twisted oak and buckeye trees.
    — John Metcalfe, Mercury News, 4 May 2026
  • His house sits across from what used to be a thick copse of woods.
    — Liam Rappleye, Freep.com, 7 Mar. 2026
Definition of copse
Noun
  • Cacao only grows in the tropics, which means the nearest actual cacao trees would have been at least a 3,000-kilometer trek away from the woodlands of the eastern US.
    — ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 27 Aug. 2026
  • There are also wetlands, woodlands, savannahs, and mountain bush.
    — Paul Jebara, Condé Nast Traveler, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of woodland
Noun
  • Instead of hunting the treeline, though, Van Lith took a stand in the woodlot.
    — Jeff Murray, Outdoor Life, 20 Aug. 2026
  • Human activity has shaped the animals’ natural habitat, which covers a wide geographic range and many ecosystems, from low elevation forests to small woodlots, fields and pastures.
    — Kate Perez, USA Today, 1 Feb. 2026
Definition of woodlot

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“Grove.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grove. Accessed 2 Sep. 2026.

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