Open English Wordnet
Options ▼
Nouns
(n)
grate
,
grating
a barrier that has parallel or crossed bars blocking a passage but admitting air
MORE ▶
(n)
grate
,
grating
a frame of iron bars to hold a fire
MORE ▶
(n)
diffraction grating
,
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
MORE ▶
Adjectives
(s)
grating
,
gravelly
,
rasping
,
raspy
,
rough
,
scratchy
unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound
“a gravelly voice”
MORE ▶
Download As:
JSON
RDF/XML
Turtle
XML