Dan entered the facility through a damaged metal grate.
Source: tatoeba (3930398)
Grate
//ɡɹeɪt//
Synonyms for "grate" (262 found)
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Synonyms
3 entriesderived
14 entriesentails
1 entriesetymologically derived_from
1 entrieshas context
1 entriesis a
4 entriesmanner of
3 entriespart of
2 entriesrelated to
25 entriesShowing 16 of 25 words.
Translations
95 translations across 36 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- rasper verb (cooking: to shred by rubbing)
Arabic
1 entries- بَشَر verb (cooking: to shred by rubbing)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- sürtmək verb (cooking: to shred by rubbing)
Bashkir
1 entries- ҡырыу verb (cooking: to shred by rubbing)
Bulgarian
4 entries- реше́тка noun (horizontal metal grill)
- ска́ра noun (horizontal metal grill)
- скара noun (frame or bed for holding fuel)
- дразня verb (to grate on one's nerves, irritate)
Catalan
1 entries- morrió noun (horizontal metal grill)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 爐架 /炉架 noun (horizontal metal grill)
- 箅子 noun (horizontal metal grill)
Danish
1 entries- rive verb (cooking: to shred by rubbing)
Dutch
4 entries- rooster noun (horizontal metal grill)
- irriteren verb (to grate on one's nerves, irritate)
- malen verb (cooking: to shred by rubbing)
- op de zenuwen werken verb (to grate on one's nerves, irritate)
Esperanto
1 entries- raspi verb (cooking: to shred by rubbing)
Finnish
4 entries- arina noun (horizontal metal grill)
- ritilä noun (horizontal metal grill)
- kitistä verb (to make an unpleasant rasping sound)
- narista verb (to make an unpleasant rasping sound)
French
1 entries- râper verb (cooking: to shred by rubbing)
Galician
1 entries- grade noun (horizontal metal grill)
German
3 entries- Gitter noun (horizontal metal grill)
- Rost noun (horizontal metal grill)
- reiben verb (cooking: to shred by rubbing)
Greek
1 entries- τρίβω verb (cooking: to shred by rubbing)
Hawaiian
2 entries- hao hakahaka noun (horizontal metal grill)
- hao manamana noun (horizontal metal grill)
Hungarian
4 entries- rostély noun (horizontal metal grill)
- rács noun (horizontal metal grill)
- rácsozat noun (horizontal metal grill)
- csikorog verb (to make an unpleasant rasping sound)
Ingrian
3 entries- korskaa verb (to make an unpleasant rasping sound)
- narskaa verb (to make an unpleasant rasping sound)
- törkätä verb (cooking: to shred by rubbing)
Italian
3 entries- grata noun (horizontal metal grill)
- grattuggiare verb (cooking: to shred by rubbing)
- stridere verb (to make an unpleasant rasping sound)
Latin
2 entries- cancellī noun (horizontal metal grill)
- clāthrī noun (horizontal metal grill)
Lithuanian
1 entries- tarkuoti verb (cooking: to shred by rubbing)
Macedonian
1 entries- ренда verb (cooking: to shred by rubbing)
Māori
4 entries- mātiti noun (horizontal metal grill)
- kakū verb (to make an unpleasant rasping sound)
- kukū verb (cooking: to shred by rubbing)
- kukū verb (to make an unpleasant rasping sound)
Norwegian
2 entries- raspe verb (cooking: to shred by rubbing)
- rive verb (cooking: to shred by rubbing)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Hieet noun (horizontal metal grill)
Polish
1 entries- krata noun (horizontal metal grill)
Portuguese
2 entries- grade noun (horizontal metal grill)
- ralar verb (cooking: to shred by rubbing)
Romanian
1 entries- rade verb (cooking: to shred by rubbing)
Russian
4 entries- решётка noun (horizontal metal grill)
- се́тка noun (horizontal metal grill)
- натере́ть verb (cooking: to shred by rubbing)
- натира́ть verb (cooking: to shred by rubbing)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- cliath-theine noun (horizontal metal grill)
Spanish
4 entries- rejilla noun (horizontal metal grill)
- guayar verb (cooking: to shred by rubbing)
- rallar verb (cooking: to shred by rubbing)
- rechinar verb (to make an unpleasant rasping sound)
Swahili
2 entries- kuna verb (cooking: to shred by rubbing)
- kuna verb (to grate on one's nerves, irritate)
Swedish
2 entries- gnissla verb (to make an unpleasant rasping sound)
- riva verb (cooking: to shred by rubbing)
Turkish
2 entries- ızgara noun (horizontal metal grill)
- rendelemek verb (cooking: to shred by rubbing)
Ukrainian
3 entries- нате́рти verb (cooking: to shred by rubbing)
- натира́ти verb (cooking: to shred by rubbing)
- те́рти verb (cooking: to shred by rubbing)
Yiddish
2 entries- צערײַבן verb (cooking: to shred by rubbing)
- רײַבן verb (cooking: to shred by rubbing)
Sample sentences
25 total sentences available.
The white, snowy cloths, the rich window-hangings, the warm tints of the walls, the sparkle of the fire in the steel grate, gave the room an air of elegance and cheerfulness.
Source: tatoeba (5685531)
Tom's wide-eyed optimism is beginning to grate on my nerves.
Source: tatoeba (8077005)
Peel the horseradish and grate it finely.
Source: tatoeba (10782154)
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