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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Noun

a framework of metal bars covering an opening in a wall or in the ground

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Adjective

1. (of a sound) rough or unpleasant

2. annoying or irritating: his cringing obsequiousness was grating

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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grating ¹

noun grille, grid, grate, lattice, trellis, gridiron

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adjective irritating, grinding, harsh, annoying, jarring, unpleasant, scraping, raucous, strident, squeaky, rasping, discordant, disagreeable, irksome << OPPOSITE pleasing

Translations

grating [ˈgreɪtɪŋ] n (= iron bars) → rejilla

adj [noise] → chirriante

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grating [ˈgreɪtɪŋ] n (= iron bars) → grille f

adj [noise] → grinçant(e)

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grating [ˈgreɪtɪŋ] n → Gitter nt

adj (noise) → knirschend;

(voice) → schrill

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grating [ˈgreɪtɪŋ] n (= iron bars) → grata

adj [noise] → stridente, stridulo/a

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