grating

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Synonyms: grazing, granting, goating, gyrating, rating, grading, gracing, crating, grafting, graving, gating

Antonyms: grazing, granting, goating, gyrating, rating, grading, gracing, crating, grafting, graving, gating

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Adjective

1. {{lb|en|typically of a voice}} [[harsh|Harsh]] and [[unpleasant]].
2. [[annoying|Annoying]]; tending to [[annoy]].

Noun

1. A [[barrier]] that has [[parallel]] or [[crossed]] [[bar]]s blocking a passage but admitting air.
2. A frame of iron bars to hold a fire.
3. The loose material that comes from something being grated.
4. An [[optical]] [[system]] of close [[equidistant]] and [[parallel]] lines or bars, especially lines ruled on a polished surface, used for producing [[spectrum|spectra]] by [[diffraction]].
5. {{lb|en|nautical|in the plural}} The strong wooden [[lattice]] used to cover a [[hatch]], admitting light and air; also, a movable lattice used for the flooring of boats.
6. {{senseid|en|harsh sound}} The sound made by something that grates against something else.

Verb

1. {{infl of|en|grate||ing-form}}

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