grotto
noun/ˈɡrɒtəʊ/
/ˈɡrɑːtəʊ/
(plural grottoes, grottos)
- a small cave, especially one that has been made artificially, for example in a gardenWord Originearly 17th cent.: from Italian grotta, via Latin from Greek kruptē ‘a vault’, from kruptos ‘hidden’.
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