grounds
nounEtymology From ground, past participle of to grind.
1
The sediment at the bottom of a liquid, or from which a liquid has been filtered.
- coffee grounds
grounds
noun/ɡɹaʊndz/ · Northumbria /ɡɹʊndz/
Etymology From ground (“basis, surroundings”).
1
Law Basis or justification for something.
- grounds for divorce
- There was, however, one proposal which, had it reached fruition, might have had far-reaching effects. This was for the amalgamation of the Caledonian, the Edinburgh & Glasgow, and the Scottish Central Railways, for which a Bill was promoted, but rejected by the Parliamentary Committee on the grounds that the preamble was not proved.1960 January 23, M. D. Greville, “Scottish Railways in 1860”, in Railway Magazine, page 53:
2
The collective land areas that compose a larger area.
- the castle grounds
- House Prees and Bloods […] were everywhere to be seen in earnest colloquy. For the matter was, that there was some sort of night-prowler about the school grounds.1922, Michael Arlen, “1/1/2”, in “Piracy”: A Romantic Chronicle of These Days:
- Derived terms
- Archgrounds, fairgrounds, groundskeeper, groundskeeping, groundsman, grounds officer, groundswoman, stomping grounds