grating

grat·ing  (grtng)

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.

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grating¹

n

1. (Miscellaneous Technologies / Building) Also called grate a framework of metal bars in the form of a grille set into a wall, pavement, etc., serving as a cover or guard but admitting air and sometimes light

2. (Physics / General Physics) short for diffraction grating

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grating²

adj

1. (of sounds) harsh and rasping

2. annoying; irritating

n

(often plural) something produced by grating

gratingly  adv

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	grating - a barrier that has parallel or crossed bars blocking a passage but admitting air grate barrier - 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 fire grate framework - 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 diffraction grating 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" rasping, raspy, gravelly, scratchy, rough cacophonic, cacophonous - having an unpleasant sound; "as cacophonous as a henyard"- John McCarten

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grating¹

noun grille, grid, grate, lattice, trellis, gridiron an open grating in the sidewalk

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grating²

adjective irritating, grinding, harsh, annoying, jarring, unpleasant, scraping, raucous, strident, squeaky, rasping, discordant, disagreeable, irksome I can't stand that grating voice of his.
pleasing, soft, musical, calming, soothing, agreeable, mellifluous

Translations

grating¹ [ˈgreɪtɪŋ] N (in wall, pavement) → reja f, enrejado m

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grating² [ˈgreɪtɪŋ] ADJ [tone etc] → áspero

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grating [ˈgreɪtɪŋ]

n (= iron bars) → grille f

adj [noise] → grinçant(e)

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grating¹

n → Gitter nt

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grating²

adj → kratzend; sound → quietschend; (= rasping) → knirschend; (on nerves) → auf die Nerven gehend; voice → schrill

n → Kratzen nt; (of rusty door) → Quietschen nt; (of teeth, feet on gravel) → Knirschen nt

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grating¹ [ˈgreɪtɪŋ] n (in wall, pavement) → grata

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grating¹ [ˈgreɪtɪŋ] n (in wall, pavement) → grata

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grating² [ˈgreɪtɪŋ] adj (sound) → stridulo/a, stridente

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grating² [ˈgreɪtɪŋ] adj (sound) → stridulo/a, stridente

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grating grate

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grating²

n grating [ˈgreitiŋ]

a framework of iron etc bars a grating in the road. roosterwerk, traliewerk حاجِز مُشَبَّك заграждане с решетка mřížoví rist das Gitter σχάρα rejilla, enrejado trellid نرده آهنی ritilä grillage, סוֹרָגיִם, סְבָכָה झंझरी rešetka rács(ozat) kisi-kisi járngrind griglia 格子 쇠격자 grotos, grotelės režģis pengadang besi rooster rist, gitter, sprinkler krata grade grilaj решётка mreža rešetka rešetke galler ตะแกรง ızgara 柵欄 ґрати, решітка لوہے کی چھڑوں کی جالی song cửa 栅栏