grate

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

Adj

Serving to gratify; agreeable.

Adj

Obsolete spelling of great.

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɡɹeɪt/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: grate

Cognate with Italian: grata

Inherited from Middle English: graten

Cognate with French: gratter

Cognate with Old High German: krazzon

Cognate with German: kratzen

Cognate with Danish: kradse

Cognate with Icelandic: krassa

Cognate with Danish: kratte

In summary

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

Synonyms

scrape

grating

scratch

grind

grid

creak

grille

lattice

rasp

rub

grill

squeak

trellis

fireplace

chafe

crunch

latticework

fret

grillage

rack

crush

gnash

stove

fire

🔥

jar

🫙

file

claw

trelliswork

grince

eat into

railing

gridiron

rankle

sharpen

graze

fretwork

disinvest

frazzle

fray

crosbars

cage

brazier

kitchener

irritating

ingle

firebox

hearth

harsh

paw

grit

Translations

râper

grata

rallar

reiben

grillage

grattugiare

grincer

grille

knarsen

knarren

Rost

grade

kraken

piepen

raspen

Sentences

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

The biggest bedroom had a small , ornate fireplace on one wall which had seen recent use judging by the ashes crumbling in the grate .