1. A frame of iron bars to hold a fire
   "They placed logs on the grate in the fireplace";
   - grating
    
2. A harsh rasping sound made by scraping something
   "The grate of the key in the rusty lock was painful to hear"
    
3. A barrier that has parallel or crossed bars blocking a passage but admitting air
   "The security grate was lowered over the shop window at closing time";
   - grating

1. Furnish with a grate
   "a grated fireplace"
    
2. Gnaw into; make resentful or angry
   "The injustice grated her";
   - eat into, fret, rankle
    
3. Reduce to small shreds or pulverize by rubbing against a rough or sharp perforated surface
   "grate carrots and onions"; "grate nutmeg"
    
4. Make a grating or grinding sound by rubbing together
   "grate one's teeth in anger";
   - grind
    
5. Scratch repeatedly
   "She grated the cheese for the recipe";
   - scrape

Sounds like: grammar, gramma, grrate, g

Derived forms: grated, grates, grating

Type of: annoy, barrier, bother, break up, chafe [archaic], devil, fragment, fragmentise [Brit], fragmentize, frame, framework, furnish, get at [informal], get to, gravel [US], irritate, nark [Brit, slang], nettle, noise, offer, provide, rag, render, rile, roil [N. Amer], rub, supply, tick off [informal], vex

Part of: cooker [Brit], cooking stove, furnace, kitchen range, kitchen stove, oven, range, stove

Encyclopedia: Grate, Eric