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 The surrounding area is lush and rich in nature, ideal for farming livestock and arable, as well as the abundance of vineyards and olive groves scattered through the countryside. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 July 2026 Beautiful flowers in an artificial hill would be replaced with a grove of Japanese cypress trees. — Hiroshige Yazawa Japan News, Arkansas Online, 19 July 2026 Jaen city and surrounding Olive groves and trees, Jaen is known as the Olive Oil capital producing around 25% of global supply and over half of Spain's olive oil production. — Sam Meredith, CNBC, 17 July 2026 In the winter of 2021-22, the western monarch community experienced a surge of relief as butterflies once again swarmed to the pine and eucalyptus groves. — Literary Hub, 15 July 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
  • The two timber companies own some of the remaining forest the bird uses or might use for habitat, according to the lawsuit, and do not yet have federal Habitat Conservation Plans that would lay out protections for the bird as logging occurs.
    — Lizzie Kane, Sacbee.com, 31 July 2026
  • Dead forests can increase wildfire hazards by adding more combustible material.
    — Callie Zanandrie, CBS News, 31 July 2026
Definition of forest
Noun
  • Right now, the blueberry bushes on Martha’s Bedford farm are laden with the delicious fruit—almost every branch is full.
    — Michele Laufik, Martha Stewart, 28 July 2026
  • Summer meant waiting until those wild berry bushes hidden in the woods near grandma’s house were finally ripe for the picking.
    — Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 27 July 2026
Definition of bush
Noun
  • Hotel Luze evokes the air of a private country chateau, and the walk through the budding hedge maze to the entrance sets the tone.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Aug. 2026
  • In other words, the hedge-fund billionaire’s majority stake announced back in February stands.
    — Matthew Sedacca, Curbed, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of hedge
Noun
  • Bloom’s last stand Chaim Bloom’s final trade deadline as Red Sox chief baseball officer barely made a ripple.
    — Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 2 Aug. 2026
  • The trek will conclude September 1, the last show in Grande’s 10-concert stand at London’s O2 Arena.
    — Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 2 Aug. 2026
Definition of stand
Noun
  • The delicately striated crystal floated up from its tangle of purple moss, rotating slowly before Rey snapped her full concentration toward it, holding it firmly in the air and between her two outstretched hands.
    — Brian Truitt, USA Today, 27 July 2026
  • Advertisement At the very center of its tangle of experiences and identities, objectives and conflicts, is Alice.
    — Judy Berman, Time, 27 July 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
  • The space is filled with maximalist Americana and fishing-cabin kitsch, including taxidermy fish and woodland animals and vintage beer signs.
    — USA TODAY NETWORK, USA Today, 29 July 2026
  • France and Spain have been hit by massive blazes in recent weeks, including the famed Fontainebleau Forest near Paris, where roughly 4,900 acres of woodland was burned.
    — Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 29 July 2026
Definition of woodland
Noun
  • 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
  • Habitat loss has been insidious — croplands have been stripped of their bordering hedgerows and old fields and woodlots have been converted to housing developments.
    — Bruce Beehler, Baltimore Sun, 17 Aug. 2025
Definition of woodlot

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