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1. A barrier that has parallel or crossed bars blocking a passage but admitting air
   - grate
    
2. A frame of iron bars to hold a fire
   - grate
    
3. 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
   - diffraction grating

1. Unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound
   "a grating voice";
   - gravelly, rasping, raspy, rough, scratchy

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
   - scrape

Derived forms: gratings

See also: cacophonic, cacophonous

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

Part of: cooking stove, furnace, kitchen range, kitchen stove, oven, range, stove

Encyclopedia: Grating