grat·ing (gr  t ng)n. 1. A grill or network of bars set in a window or door or used as a partition; a grate. 2. A diffraction grating. |
grating 1
Noun
a framework of metal bars covering an opening in a wall or in the ground
grating 2
Adjective
1. (of a sound) rough or unpleasant
2. annoying or irritating: his cringing obsequiousness was grating
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| Noun | 1. |  grating - a barrier that has parallel or crossed bars blocking a passage but admitting airbarrier - a structure or object that impedes free movement radiator grille, grille - grating that admits cooling air to car's radiator |
| 2. |  grating - a frame of iron bars to hold a fireframework - a structure supporting or containing something furnace - an enclosed chamber in which heat is produced to heat buildings, destroy refuse, smelt or refine ores, etc. cooking stove, kitchen range, kitchen stove, stove, range - a kitchen appliance used for cooking food; "dinner was already on the stove" | |
| 3. | grating - 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 echelon - a diffraction grating consisting of a pile of plates of equal thickness arranged stepwise with a constant offset optical device - a device for producing or controlling light | |
| Adj. | 1. | grating - unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound; "a gravelly voice" cacophonic, cacophonous - having an unpleasant sound; "as cacophonous as a henyard"- John McCarten |
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adjective irritating, grinding, harsh, annoying, jarring, unpleasant, scraping, raucous, strident, squeaky, rasping, discordant, disagreeable, irksome << OPPOSITE pleasing
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