groove
noun /ɡruːv/
/ɡruːv/
Idioms - a long narrow cut in the surface of something hard
- Cut a groove 3 cm from the top of the piece of wood.
- If the stylus jumps, this may be due to dust collecting in the grooves of the record.
- a deep groove in the surface of the rock
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- deep
- shallow
- narrow
- …
- carve
- cut
- make
- …
- groove in
- (informal) a particular type of musical rhythm
- a jazz groove
Word OriginMiddle English (denoting a mine or shaft): from Dutch groeve ‘furrow, pit’; related to the noun grave.
Idioms
be (stuck) in a groove
- (British English) to be unable to change something that you have been doing the same way for a long time and that has become boring