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groove

noun verb

A settled and monotonous routine that is hard to escape

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Word Facts

Word length
6
Starts with
G
Ends with
E
Contains
RO
Scrabble score
10
CEFR level
C1

How it sounds

Pronunciation

ɡɹuːv

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Definitions

noun

  1. A settled and monotonous routine that is hard to escape

    “They fell into a conversational rut”

noun

  1. (anatomy) any furrow or channel on a bodily structure or part

noun

  1. A long narrow furrow cut either by a natural process (such as erosion) or by a tool (as e.g. a groove in a phonograph record)

verb

  1. Hollow out in the form of a furrow or groove

    “Furrow soil”

verb

  1. Make a groove in, or provide with a groove

    “Groove a vinyl record”

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Example Sentences

They fell into a conversational rut
Furrow soil
Groove a vinyl record

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