grating
1. a barrier that has parallel or crossed bars blocking a passage but admitting air (Freq. 2) • Syn: grate • Derivationally related forms: grate (for: grate) • Hypernyms: barrier • Hyponyms: grille, radiator grille 2. a frame of iron bars to hold a fire • Syn: grate • Derivationally related forms: grate, grate (for: grate) • Hypernyms: framework • Part Holonyms: stove, kitchen stove, range, kitchen range, cooking stove, furnace 3. 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 • Syn: diffraction grating • Hypernyms: optical device • Hyponyms: echelon
unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound - a gravelly voice • Syn: gravelly, rasping, raspy, rough, scratchy • Similar to: cacophonous, cacophonic • Derivationally related forms: scratch (for: scratchy), roughness (for: rough), rasp (for: raspy)
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