grate
Meaning
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- A horizontal metal grill through which liquid, ash, or small objects can fall, while larger objects cannot.
- A frame or bed, or kind of basket, of iron bars, for holding fuel while burning.
- A grapper, a metal ring on a lance behind the grip.
Synonyms
grince
window pane
eat at
grating sound
grind one’s teeth
kitchen range
reseau
lattice work
wiregrating
cooking range
graten
fore-receptacle
foundation cross
girder grillage
safety guards
wire grating
stationary screen
furnace bar
grizzly screen
crind
wire grid
gravity flow screen
fixedscreen
store rod
grating grid
clapperclaw
crosbars
kitchener
Frequency
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.
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