grounds

Noun

(plural grounds)

Origin

From ground (“basis, surroundings”)

Noun

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

Origin

From ground, past participle of to grind

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Jackson had decided to build a gallery on the grounds, and although she protested, he knew she would be thrilled with it.
She has begun seeing someone; a young man who does grounds keeping work at the Country Club and is a half dozen years her junior.
And apparently, he alone knows how to render the grounds no longer sacred.
The sanjak is very fertile, and contains good breeding-grounds, upon which horses,, camels and cattle are reared.
After exploring the halls and grounds for an hour or two, she returned to the main atrium, where she heard one of the sisters call her name.

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