Grating Definition & Meaning
grating
- adjective
- unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound; "a gravelly voice"
- noun
- a barrier that has parallel or crossed bars blocking a passage but admitting air
- a frame of iron bars to hold a fire
- 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
"Grating" in song lyrics
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"stainless steel grating"
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"weldforged steel grating"
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"duraguard fiberglass grating"
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Words that rhyme with grating
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- What does grating mean?
- unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound; "a gravelly voice" a barrier that has parallel or crossed bars blocking a passage but admitting air a frame of iron bars to hold a fire 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
- What part of speech is grating?
- Grating is an adjective and a noun.
- How many definitions does grating have?
- Grating has 4 definitions across 2 parts of speech (adjective, noun).