grotto : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: grotto	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for grotto
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
grotto n a small cave (usually with attractive features) [syn: grotto, grot]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Grotto \Grot"to\, n.; pl. {Grottoes}. [Formerly grotta, fr. It. grotta, LL. grupta, fr. L. crypta a con cealed subterranran passage vault, cavern, Gr. [?], fr. [?] concealed, fr. [?] to conceal. Cf. {Grot}, {Crypt}.] A natural covered opening in the earth; a cave; also, an artificial recess, cave, or cavernlike apartment.