Definitions for grosses
grosses
gross
Spelling: [grohs]
IPA: /groʊs/
Grosses is a 7 letter English word.
It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points.
It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.
You can make 88 anagrams from letters in grosses (egorsss).
Definitions for grosses
noun
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a group of 12 dozen, or 144, things. Abbreviation: gro.
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total income from sales, salary, etc., before any deductions (opposed to net2 (def 5.)).
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Obsolete. the main body, bulk, or mass.
adjective
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without deductions; total, as the amount of sales, salary, profit, etc., before taking deductions for expenses, taxes, or the like (opposed to net2. ):
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unqualified; complete; rank:
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flagrant and extreme:
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indelicate, indecent, obscene, or vulgar:
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lacking in refinement, good manners, education, etc.; unrefined.
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large, big, or bulky.
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extremely or excessively fat.
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thick; dense; heavy:
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of or concerning only the broadest or most general considerations, aspects, etc.
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Slang. extremely objectionable, offensive, or disgusting:
Verb phrases
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gross out, Slang.
to disgust or offend, especially by crude language or behavior.
to shock or horrify.
verb (used with object)
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to have, make, or earn as a total before any deductions, as of taxes, expenses, etc.:
Origin of grosses
1350-1400; Middle English Old French gros large (as noun, grosse twelve dozen) Late Latin gross(us) thick, coarse
Examples for grosses
They are now ready for the young girls whose duty it is to count and pack them in boxes or grosses for the wholesale market.
“Adding to the volume—in both senses of the word—of the coverage, um, grosses me out a little bit,” she says.
They threw her down, tied her legs, and brought her to grosses Coques.
In those days there were grosses of grosses of separate businesses and business companies.
Friedelberg: I, 199; Ein grosses, deutsches Volk sind wir, 200.
Disney could still negotiate its way out of a threatened boycott, but it's possible that the film's grosses could be hurt.
Miler was soon seen advancing to meet me, with the joyful intelligence that the trees at grosses Isles were in sight.