grating
/ˈɡɹeɪtɪŋ/US[ˈɡɹeɪ̯ɾɪŋ]
grating adjective: harsh and unpleasant. Also the present participle and gerund of grate.
Adjective
grating
- Harsh and unpleasant.
- grating vocals
- Annoying; tending to annoy.
Noun
grating (plural gratings)
- A barrier that has parallel or crossed bars blocking a passage but admitting air.
- A frame of iron bars to hold a fire.
- The loose material that comes from something being grated.
- Add a few gratings of nutmeg to the hot milk.
- An optical system of close equidistant and parallel lines or bars, especially lines ruled on a polished surface, used for producing spectra by diffraction.
- The strong wooden lattice used to cover a hatch, admitting light and air; also, a movable lattice used for the flooring of boats.
- The sound made by something that grates against something else.
- If, with these symptoms, are heard gratings of the teeth, irregular appetite, and sudden ebullitions of temper we may reasonably conclude that parasites are irritating the intestines and should be gotten rid of.1901, Melville Cox Keith, Keith's Domestic Practice and Botanic Handbook
Also used as
grating is also the present participle and gerund of grate.
grating meaning in Urdu, Punjabi and Nepali
grating in Urdu
- گرٹنگ
grating in Punjabi
- ਗਰੈਟਿੰਗ
grating in Nepali
- ग्रेटिङ
Examples of grating in a sentence
- The tremor in my left hand is like the ominous grating note of a failing engine.
- The portcullis was a thick and heavy but movable grating that was lowered to block an entrance.
- As the name implies, grisms are a combination of a transmission grating and a prism.
Synonyms of grating
Forms of grating
| plural | gratings |
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Origin of grating
From grat(e) + -ing.
Words formed from grating
Words that rhyme with grating
- rating
- plating
- dating
- skating
- waiting
- baiting
- mating
- alienating
- bating
- crating
- creating
- enscripturating
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Questions about grating
- What does grating mean?
- Grating means harsh and unpleasant.
- What is grating in Urdu?
- Grating in Urdu is گرٹنگ. See Grating meaning in Urdu.
- What part of speech is grating?
- Grating can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce grating?
- Grating is pronounced /ˈɡɹeɪtɪŋ/.
Words near grating in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: grating (page history and authors); grating (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); grating (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); grating (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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