(military) an area of ground hidden from an observer due to undulations in the land / (mining) the portion of a vein in which there is no ore

plural of ground squirrel

Electric power supplied from the ground to an aircraft while it is on the ground. / Electric power supplied from the shore to a ship or boat while it is lying at berth. / (military) Ground forces.

(painting) A ground prepared for a picture, chiefly with distemper or watercolours, by which the oil is absorbed and a brilliancy is imparted to the colours.

plural of absorbent ground

(mining) A superintendent of mines.

angling with a weighted line without a float

The hand-made ground of Brussels lace.

(cricket) A ground other than a team's home ground, used for occasional matches.

Any of the Brachypteraciidae, a small family of non-migratory near-passerine birds restricted to Madagascar, and related to the kingfishers, bee-eaters and rollers.