grounds

nouns

your basis for belief or disbelief; knowledge on which to base belief

"the evidence that smoking causes lung cancer is very compelling"

evidence, grounds

the enclosed land around a house or other building

"it was a small house with almost no yard"

curtilage, grounds, yard

a tract of land cleared for some special purposes (recreation or burial etc.)

grounds

is a type of (narrower)

an extended area of land

a justification for something existing or happening

"he had no cause to complain"; "they had good reason to rejoice"

cause, grounds, reason

dregs consisting of solid particles (especially of coffee) that form a residue

"it is a Middle Eastern custom to read your future in your coffee grounds"

grounds

is a type of (narrower)

sediment that has settled at the bottom of a liquid