VERB
  • Definition - To furnish with grates; to protect with a grating or crossbars
  • Example - to grate a window
VERB
  • Definition - To shred (things, usually foodstuffs), by rubbing across a grater
  • Example - I need to grate the cheese before the potato is cooked.
  • Definition - To make an unpleasant rasping sound, often as the result of rubbing against something
  • Example - Listening to his teeth grate all day long drives me mad.
  • Definition - (by extension) to get on one's nerves; to irritate, annoy
  • Example - She’s nice enough, but she can begin to grate if there is no-one else to talk to.
  • Definition - (by extension) to annoy
  • Example - She’s nice enough, but she can begin to grate if there is no-one else to talk to.
NOUN
  • Definition - A barrier that has parallel or crossed bars blocking a passage but admitting air.
  • Example - She’s nice enough, but she can begin to grate if there is no-one else to talk to.
  • Definition - A frame of iron bars to hold a fire.
  • Example - She’s nice enough, but she can begin to grate if there is no-one else to talk to.
  • Definition - The loose material that comes from something being grated.
  • Example - Add a few gratings of nutmeg to the hot milk.
  • Definition - An optical system of close equidistant and parallel lines or bars, especially lines ruled on a polished surface, used for producing spectra by diffraction.
  • Example - Add a few gratings of nutmeg to the hot milk.
  • Definition - (in the plural) The strong wooden lattice used to cover a hatch, admitting light and air; also, a movable lattice used for the flooring of boats.
  • Example - Add a few gratings of nutmeg to the hot milk.
  • Definition - The sound made by something that grates against something else.
  • Example - Add a few gratings of nutmeg to the hot milk.
ADJECTIVE
  • Definition - (typically of a voice) Harsh and unpleasant.
  • Example - Add a few gratings of nutmeg to the hot milk.
  • Definition - Abrasive; tending to annoy.
  • Example - Add a few gratings of nutmeg to the hot milk.
Words in your word
7 Letter Words
grating 9
6 Letter Words
gating 8 gringa 8 raging 8 gratin 7 rating 7 taring 7
5 Letter Words
aging 7 garni 6 giant 6 grain 6 grant 6 tragi 6 riant 5 train 5
4 Letter Words
gang 6 giga 6 grig 6 ragg 6 agin 5 gain 5 gait 5 girn 5 girt 5 gnar 5 gnat 5 gran 5 grat 5 grin 5 grit 5 ragi 5 rang 5 ring 5 tang 5 ting 5 trig 5 airn 4 airt 4 anti 4 rain 4 rani 4 rant 4 tain 4 tarn 4 tian 4
3 Letter Words
gag 5 gig 5 igg 5 gan 4 gar 4 gat 4 gin 4 git 4 nag 4 rag 4 rig 4 tag 4 ain 3 air 3 ait 3 ani 3 ant 3 art 3 nit 3 rai 3 ran 3 rat 3 ria 3 rin 3 tan 3 tar 3 tin 3
2 Letter Words
ag 3 gi 3 ai 2 an 2 ar 2 at 2 in 2 it 2 na 2 ta 2 ti 2
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