Grounds

Noun

 * 1)  Basis or justification for something, as in "grounds for divorce."
 * 2) The collective land areas that compose a larger area, as in the castle grounds.

Plastering

1. Narrow strips of wood nailed to walls as guides to plastering and as a nailing base for interior trim

Derived terms

 * grounds keeper
 * stomping grounds

Noun

 * 1)  The sediment at the bottom of a liquid, or from which a liquid has been filtered (as in coffee grounds).

Thesaurus
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Etymology 1
From ground#Noun:

Etymology 2
From ground#Verb:, past participle of grind#Verb:

Noun

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