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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
grot·to       [grot-oh] Pronunciation Key
–noun, plural -toes, -tos.
1.a cave or cavern.
2.an artificial cavernlike recess or structure.
[Origin: 1610–20; < It grotta < VL *crupta, for L crypta subterranean passage, chamber. See crypt]

—Related forms
grottoed, adjective
grot·to·like, adjective
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grot·to       (grŏt'ō)  Pronunciation Key 
n.   pl. grot·toes or grot·tos
  1. A small cave or cavern.
  2. An artificial structure or excavation made to resemble a cave or cavern.


[Alteration of Italian grotta, from Vulgar Latin *grupta, from Latin crypta, vault; see crypt.]

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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
grotto 
1617, from It. grotta, ult. from L. crypta "vault, cavern," from Gk. krypte "hidden place" (see crypt). Terminal -o may be from its being spelled that way in many translations of Dante's "Divine Comedy."

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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grotto

noun
a small cave (usually with attractive features) 

WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.
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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.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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