grate

Meaning

Noun

1. A horizontal metal grill through which liquid, ash, or small objects can fall, while larger objects cannot.
2. A frame or bed, or kind of basket, of iron bars, for holding fuel while burning.
3. A grapper, a metal ring on a lance behind the grip.

Verb

To furnish with grates; to protect with a grating or crossbars.

Verb

1. To shred (things, usually foodstuffs), by rubbing across a grater.
2. To make an unpleasant rasping sound, often as the result of rubbing against something.
3. To get on one's nerves; to irritate, annoy.
4. To annoy.

Adj

Serving to gratify; agreeable.

Adj

Obsolete spelling of great.

Concepts

grate

scrape

grating

grind

scratch

grid

creak

grille

rasp

lattice

rub

grill

squeak

trellis

fireplace

chafe

fret

grillage

latticework

rack

crunch

railing

fire

grince

jar

crush

eat into

rankle

gnash

stove

file

trelliswork

gridiron

sharpen

claw

wire netting

brazier

firebox

crosbars

harsh

smart

grind one’s teeth

screen

sieve

grit

graten

fore-receptacle

cage

prison

cooking range

kitchen range

kitchener

crind

ear

balustrade

lattice work

rub off

broiler

brush

fray

frazzle

massage

pound

powder

scrub

triturate

wear

fixedscreen

gravity flow screen

stationary screen

ingle

safety guards

grilling

grizzly screen

fire grate

firebar

furnace bar

store rod

grating grid

wire grating

wire grid

wiregrating

window pane

whet

plane

shave

peel

polish

sand down

shine

bar

frottage

rubbing

chip away

eat at

screech

scrunch

clapperclaw

graze

paw

skin

disinvest

divest

rive

espalier

fretwork

grillwork

web

reseau

grating sound

hearth

foundation cross

girder grillage

irritating

fade

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɡɹeɪt/

Etymology

From Middle English grate, from a Medieval Latin grāta, from a Latin word for a hurdle; or Italian grata, from Latin cratis.

Sentences

The great rulers found the squeaky grate was grating on their nerves .