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Grating
//ˈɡɹeɪtɪŋ// adj, noun, verb
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Harsh and unpleasant.
"grating vocals"
- 2 Abrasive; tending to annoy.
Adjective
- 1 unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound wordnet
Noun
- 1 A barrier that has parallel or crossed bars blocking a passage but admitting air.
- 2 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 wordnet
- 3 A frame of iron bars to hold a fire.
- 4 a frame of iron bars to hold a fire wordnet
- 5 The loose material that comes from something being grated.
"Add a few gratings of nutmeg to the hot milk."
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- 6 a barrier that has parallel or crossed bars blocking a passage but admitting air wordnet
- 7 An optical system of close equidistant and parallel lines or bars, especially lines ruled on a polished surface, used for producing spectra by diffraction.
- 8 The strong wooden lattice used to cover a hatch, admitting light and air; also, a movable lattice used for the flooring of boats. in-plural
- 9 The sound made by something that grates against something else.
"If, with these symptoms, are heard gratings of the teeth, irregular appetite, and sudden ebullitions of temper we may reasonably conclude that parasites are irritating the intestines and should be gotten rid of."
Verb
- 1 present participle and gerund of grate form-of, gerund, participle, present
Etymology
Etymology 1
From grat(e) + -ing.
Etymology 2
From grat(e) + -ing.
Etymology 3
From grat(e) + -ing.
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