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Synonyms for grass roots

Grammar : Noun
Spell : gras-roots, -roo ts, grahs-
Phonetic Transcription : ˈgræsˌruts, -ˌrʊts, ˈgrɑs-

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Origin :
  • 1766, literally; figurative use from 1901 in sense "fundamental level;" U.S. political sense of "the rank and file of the electorate" is attested from 1912; also grassroots.
  • noun ordinary people
Example sentences :
  • The depth to which grass roots will go in sandy soil: at least two feet.
  • Extract from : « At Plattsburg » by Allen French
  • Among the grass roots, where the snow was light, it was easy burrowing.
  • Extract from : « Red Fox » by Charles G. D. Roberts
  • Does it branch into many fibres, as grass roots or corn roots do?
  • Extract from : « Cornell Nature-Study Leaflets » by Various
  • We ate rose-leaves, also, and grass roots, and smarting peppergrass.
  • Extract from : « Child Life in Colonial Days » by Alice Morse Earle
  • The houses of the marsh-dwellers are composed of grass and flags, grass roots, mud, etc.
  • Extract from : « Fur Farming » by A. R. Harding
  • They followed the runaway brook, through the grass roots, that almost hid it.
  • Extract from : « Earth and Sky Every Child Should Know » by Julia Ellen Rogers
  • The spring sod, half rotted and loosened from the grass roots, furnished the best lodgment.
  • Extract from : « The Wind Before the Dawn » by Dell H. Munger
  • Even then he pays for the trouble by destroying the grubs in the grass roots, grubs that in their turn would destroy the grass.
  • Extract from : « The Burgess Animal Book for Children » by Thornton W. Burgess
  • The energetic use of a roller helps the grass roots to spread out and obtain the mastery over the decapitated weeds.
  • Extract from : « The Sportswoman's Library, v. 2 » by Various
  • Nobody will interrupt us–and so I thought we could get down to grass roots and talk this thing out.
  • Extract from : « In the Heart of a Fool » by William Allen White

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