English Explanatory Dictionary

grass roots

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. People and society at the local (most basic) level rather than at the national centre of political activity.
  2. The essential foundation or source of something.

Pronunciation

en-au-grass roots.ogg

Word forms

grass roots

Related words

grass rooter grass tops grass-roots grassroots
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