groundnoun(LAND)
grounds
phrase[ plural ]
the small grains of coffee left at the bottom of a cup or other container that has had coffee in it: 咖啡渣
A lot of coffee shops give away grounds for use in compost.
What do you do with coffee grounds?
She had to clean out the grounds from the basket of the coffee maker.
He spilled grounds all over the counter while he was making a new pot of coffee.
My sister makes a scrub for her skin with coffee grounds.
See alsogrindverb(MAKE SMALLER)
groundnoun(COFFEE)
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grounds | American Dictionary
grounds
plural noun
us/ɡrɑʊndz/
the small pieces of solid material that sink to the bottom of a liquid, esp. coffee
groundsplural noun (LAND)
land that surrounds a building:
We strolled around the hospital grounds.