In sculpture, a flat surface upon which figures are raised in relief.
In point lace, the net of small meshes upon which the embroidered pattern is applied.
In etching, a gummy substance spread over the surface of a metal to be etched, to prevent the acid from eating except where an opening is made by the needle.
(plural) One of the pieces of wood, flush with the plastering, to which mouldings etc. are attached.
(countable, cricket) The area of grass on which a match is played (a cricket field); the entire arena in which it is played; the part of the field behind a batsman's popping crease where he can not be run out (hence to make one's ground).
(music) A composition in which the bass, consisting of a few bars of independent notes, is continually repeated to a varying melody.
(music) The tune on which descants are raised; the plain song.
The collision of a ship with ground beneath the surface of the water.
The permanence of aircraft on land because of government action.
(electrical engineering) The interconnecting metal chassis/frame of a device, appliance, machine, or metal raceway via a designated conductor to earth at the service panel. It may be bare or covered, and does not carry current in normal operation.
The absorption of energy through visualized "roots" descending from oneself into the ground, using chi.
The act by which a child is grounded (forbidden from going out).
“At this stage of the construction process the only people on the site would normally be groundworkers and the steel erectors, followed by the roof cladders.”
