groove
A long, narrow channel or depression; e.g., such a slot cut into a hard material to provide a location for an engineering component, a tire groove, or a geological channel or depression.
Other meanings
A fixed routine.
The middle of the strike zone in baseball where a pitch is most easily hit.
Related words
- back in the groove
- engroove
- Galvayne's groove
- get one's groove on
- groovebox
- groove fricative
- groove-joint pliers
- grooveless
- groovelike
- groovemeister
- groove metal
- groovesome
Example sentences
Word history
From Middle Dutch "groeve" (furrow, ditch).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “groove” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.