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step grate

step grate noun: a form of grate for holding fuel, in which the bars rise above one another in the manner of steps.

Noun

step grate (plural step grates)

  1. A form of grate for holding fuel, in which the bars rise above one another in the manner of steps.
    • These are modifications of the Siemens regenerative furnace, but differ from it in having the gas generator directly alongside of the melting chamber instead of at a distance. The coal is burned on the ordinary step-grate to carbon-monoxide gas which passes while still hot directly to the...1893 March, Charles Hanford Henderson, “The Development of American Industries Since Columbus: The Glass Industry II”, in Popular Science Monthly, volume 42

Forms of step grate

pluralstep grates

Questions about step grate

What does step grate mean?
Step grate means a form of grate for holding fuel, in which the bars rise above one another in the manner of steps.
What part of speech is step grate?
Step grate is a noun.
What is the plural of step grate?
The plural of step grate is step grates.

Words near step grate in the dictionary

  1. step flashings
  2. step foot
  3. step forward
  4. step function
  5. step functions
  6. step grate
  7. step grates
  8. step in
  9. step in it
  10. step into
  11. step into someone's shoes

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