| NOUN | artifact | grating, grate | a barrier that has parallel or crossed bars blocking a passage but admitting air |
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| artifact | grating, grate | a frame of iron bars to hold a fire | |
| artifact | grating, diffraction grating | optical device consisting of a surface with many parallel grooves in it | |
| ADJECTIVE | all | grating, gravelly, rasping, raspy, rough, scratchy | unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound |
| Sounds | grey'tihng | |
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| Rhymes | abducting ... zoning: 2044 rhymes with ihng... | |
| Meaning | unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound. | |
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| Synonyms | gravelly, rasping, raspy, rough, scratchy | |
| Broader | cacophonous, cacophonic | Having an unpleasant sound |
| Spanish | áspero, austero, rugoso | |
| Catalan | aspre, raspós, rugós | |
| Adverbs | gratingly | in a harsh and grating manner |
| Meaning | A barrier that has parallel or crossed bars blocking a passage but admitting air. | |
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| Synonym | grate | |
| Narrower | grille, radiator grille | grating that admits cooling air to car's radiator |
| Broader | barrier | A structure or object that impedes free movement |
| Spanish | rejilla | |
| Catalan | reixa | |
| Meaning | A frame of iron bars to hold a fire. | |
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| Synonym | grate | |
| Part of | furnace | An enclosed chamber in which heat is produced to heat buildings, destroy refuse, smelt or refine ores, etc. |
| stove, kitchen stove, range, kitchen range, cooking stove | A kitchen appliance used for cooking food | |
| Broader | framework, frame | A structure supporting or containing something |
| Spanish | enrejado, reja, rejilla | |
| Catalan | reixa | |
| Verbs | grate | furnish with a grate |
| Meaning | 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. | |
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| Synonym | diffraction grating | |
| Narrower | echelon | A diffraction grating consisting of a pile of plates of equal thickness arranged stepwise with a constant offset |
| Broader | optical device | A device for producing or controlling light |
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