grating

Plural: gratings

Noun

• A framework of parallel or crossed bars.
• a barrier that has parallel or crossed bars blocking a passage but admitting air
• a frame of iron bars to hold a fire
• optical device consisting of a surface with many parallel grooves in it; disperses a beam of light (or other electromagnetic radiation) into its wavelengths to produce its spectrum
• A barrier that has parallel or crossed bars blocking a passage but admitting air.
• A frame of iron bars to hold a fire.
• The loose material that comes from something being grated.
• An optical system of close equidistant and parallel lines or bars, especially lines ruled on a polished surface, used for producing spectra by diffraction.
• The strong wooden lattice used to cover a hatch, admitting light and air; also, a movable lattice used for the flooring of boats.
• The sound made by something that grates against something else.

Verb

• furnish with a grate
• gnaw into; make resentful or angry
• reduce to small shreds or pulverize by rubbing against a rough or sharp perforated surface
• make a grating or grinding sound by rubbing together
• scratch repeatedly
• present participle and gerund of grate

Adjective Satellite

• unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound

Adj

• Harsh and unpleasant.
• Abrasive; tending to annoy.

Examples

• Add a few gratings of nutmeg to the hot milk.
• The letter ’G’ provided a crucial hook, allowing him to bridge a grating of tiles.

Synonyms

diffraction grating, eat into, fret, grate, gravelly, grind, rankle, rasping, raspy, rough, scrape, scratchy, grill

Related Words

grate

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