Definition of Grating
Noun: grating grey-ting
- A barrier that has parallel or crossed bars blocking a passage but admitting air
- grate
- A frame of iron bars to hold a fire
- grate
- 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
- diffraction grating
- Unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound
"a grating voice";
- gravelly, rasping, raspy, rough, scratchy
- Furnish with a grate
"a grated fireplace"
- Gnaw into; make resentful or angry
"The injustice grated her";
- eat into, fret, rankle
- Reduce to small shreds or pulverize by rubbing against a rough or sharp perforated surface
"grate carrots and onions"; "grate nutmeg"
- Make a grating or grinding sound by rubbing together
"grate one's teeth in anger";
- grind
- Scratch repeatedly
- scrape
Anagrams containing the word grating