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step grates

step grates is the plural of step grate.

Meaning of step grate

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

Questions about step grates

What is step grates the plural of?
Step grates is the plural of step grate.

Words near step grates in the dictionary

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

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