Grating
11grating — [adj] irritating; scraping annoying, disagreeable, discordant, displeasing, dissonant, dry, grinding, harsh, harsh sounding, hoarse, irksome, jarring, offensive, rasping, raucous, rough, shrill, squeaky, strident, stridulent, stridulous,… …
12Grating — A grating is any regularly spaced collection of essentially identical, parallel, elongated elements. Gratings usually consist of a single set of elongated elements, but can consist of two sets, in which case the second set is usually… …
13Gräting — Mit Grätings abgedeckte Luken eines Segelschiffes Mod …
14grating — grat|ing1 [ˈgreıtıŋ] n a metal frame with bars across it, used to cover a window or hole ▪ Leaves clogged the grating over the drain. grating 2 grating2 adj a grating sound is hard and unpleasant ▪ a harsh grating voice >gratingly adv …
15grating — [[t]gre͟ɪtɪŋ[/t]] gratings 1) N COUNT A grating is a flat metal frame with rows of bars across it, which is fastened over a window or over a hole in a wall or the ground. ...an open grating in the sidewalk. 2) ADJ GRADED: usu ADJ n A grating… …
16Gräting — Grä|ting 〈f.10 od. 7; Mar.〉 Gitterauflage auf Schiffsdecks [<engl. grating „Gitter, Gitterwerk“] * * * Grä|ting, die; , e u. s [engl. grating = Gitter(werk)] (Seemannsspr.): Gitterrost [auf Schiffen]. * * * Grä|ting, die; , e u. s [engl.… …
17grating — 1 noun (C) a metal frame with bars across it, used to cover a window or hole: Leaves clogged the grating over the drain. 2 adjective a grating sound is hard and unpleasant: a harsh grating laugh gratingly adverb …
18grating — adjective 1) the chair made a grating noise Syn: scraping, scratching, grinding, rasping, jarring 2) a grating voice Syn: harsh, raucous, strident, piercing, shrill, screechy; discor …
19grating — I UK [ˈɡreɪtɪŋ] / US noun [countable] Word forms grating : singular grating plural gratings a metal frame with bars across it, used for covering a hole or window II UK [ˈɡreɪtɪŋ] / US adjective a grating voice, laugh, or sound is unpleasant and… …
20Grating — Grate Grate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Grated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Grating}.] To furnish with grates; to protect with a grating or crossbars; as, to grate a window. [1913 Webster] …
