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Uncommongrating
The correct spelling is grating.
How to pronounce grating
verb
IPA: [ˈɡɹeɪ̯ɾɪŋ]
Say it like: Gra-tin-g
The correct spelling is grating. 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
noun
- 1.A barrier that has parallel or crossed bars blocking a passage but admitting air.
- 2.A frame of iron bars to hold a fire.
- 3.The loose material that comes from something being grated.
- 4.An optical system of close equidistant and parallel lines or bars, especially lines ruled on a polished surface, used for producing spectra by diffraction.
- 5.(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.
adjective
- 1.(typically of a voice) Harsh and unpleasant.
- 2.Abrasive; tending to annoy.
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