grating English

Meaning grating meaning

What does grating mean?

grating

— noun (= grate) a barrier that has parallel or crossed bars blocking a passage but admitting air

— adjective (= gravelly) unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound a gravelly voice

— noun (= grate) a frame of iron bars to hold a fire

— noun (= diffraction grating) 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

Synonyms grating synonyms

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grating English » English

grate

lattice

harsh

grid

grille

grill

rough

trellis

rasping

grinding

grillage

diffraction grating

crunching

creaking

trelliswork

strident

squeaking

scratchy

raspy

railing

latticework

irritating

gravelly

fence

discordant

cribwork

crib

bars

abrasive

wire netting

window

wheeze

trituration

tough

throaty

strainer

stockae

squeaky

snoring

sieve plate

sieve

shredding

seamy

screen

screechy

scratch

scraping

scrape

scraggly

scabrous

Topics grating topics

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Person Sense, perceive Hear

Types of sounds

• What words describe a bad sound?
  discordant bad disharmony racket raucous shrill strident grating

Language and thought Emotion Feel bad Sad

Dislike

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  harsh grating rasping