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grating
1[grey-ting]
noun
a fixed frame of bars or the like covering an opening to exclude persons, animals, coarse material, or objects while admitting light, air, or fine material.
Physics.diffraction grating.
grating
2[grey-ting]
adjective
irritating or unpleasant to one's feelings.
(of a sound or noise) harsh, discordant, or rasping.
grating
1/ ˈɡɪɪŋ /
adjective
(of sounds) harsh and rasping
annoying; irritating
noun
(often plural) something produced by grating
grating
2/ ˈɡɪɪŋ /
noun
Also called: grate.a framework of metal bars in the form of a grille set into a wall, pavement, etc, serving as a cover or guard but admitting air and sometimes light
short for diffraction grating
Other Word Forms
- gratingly adverb
- ˈپԲ adverb
Word History and Origins
Example Sentences
Locals described the sound as similar to that of a 747 jet, or as grating as having a toothache 24 hours a day, claiming that the noise drowned out the sound of the nearby waterfalls.
It’s boorish and grating, assuming its audience will lap up whatever tasteless parody it puts out for them just because it aligns with popular films that share its basic themes.
The one I find really grating is the traffic noise from Dhaka, Bangladesh, which has the title of the noisiest city in the world.
Knowing everything we do about Monroe — and how much is still unknown — the film’s penultimate scene is grating.
Light from the galaxy passes through a prism or reflects off a diffraction grating in a telescope, which captures the intensity of light from blue to red.
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