Antonyms for
grove
A small forest.
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No Antonyms Found for Grove

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All Definitions for Grove

Below are all the dictionary definitions of grove:

1A small forest.
2A small forest with minimal undergrowth.
3An orchard of fruit trees.
4A place of worship.
5A lodge of the Ancient Order of Druids.
6To cultivate in groves
7To grow naturally so as to form groves.
8To cultivate with periodic harvesting that also serves to create order (gaps and lines of trees) to facilitate further harvesting.
9To plough or gouge with lines.
10A place in the United States:
11A town in Allegany County, New York.
12A city in Delaware County, Oklahoma.
13An unincorporated community in James City County, Virginia.
14An unincorporated community in Doddridge County, West Virginia.
15A number of townships, in Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, North Carolina and Pennsylvania, listed under Grove Township.
16A large village and civil parish in Vale of White Horse district, Oxfordshire (OS grid ref SU4090).
17A suburb of Pembroke, Pembrokeshire, Wales (OS grid ref SM9800).
18A small village and civil parish (served by Headon cum Upton, Grove and Stokeham Parish Council) in Bassetlaw district, Nottinghamshire (OS grid ref SK7379).
19Any of several villages in England.
20A hamlet in Slapton parish, Buckinghamshire (OS grid ref SP9192).
21A village in Portland parish, Dorset (OS grid ref SY6972).
22A hamlet in Yarkhill parish, Herefordshire (OS grid ref SO6144).
23A hamlet in Wickhambreaux parish, Canterbury district, Kent (OS grid ref TR2361).
24A municipality in Lauenburg district, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.
25A rural locality in Huon Valley council area, Tasmania, Australia.
26A habitational surname from Middle English for someone who lived near a grove.

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About antonyms for grove

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