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Uncommongrated
The correct spelling is grated.
How to pronounce grated
[ˈɡɹeɪ̯ɾɪd]
verbIPA: [ˈɡɹeɪ̯ɾɪd]
Say it like: Gra-ted
The correct spelling is grated. To furnish with grates; to protect with a grating or crossbars For example: "to grate a window"
Usage Examples
“to grate a window”
“I need to grate the cheese before the potato is cooked.”
“Listening to his teeth grate all day long drives me mad.”
Meanings
verb
- 1.To furnish with grates; to protect with a grating or crossbars
- 2.To shred (things, usually foodstuffs), by rubbing across a grater
- 3.To make an unpleasant rasping sound, often as the result of rubbing against something
- 4.(by extension) to get on one's nerves; to irritate, annoy
- 5.(by extension) to annoy
adjective
- 1.Produced by grating.
- 2.Furnished with a grate or grating.
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