Definitions for grating

• Definition
• Anagrams (143)

grating grat·ing

Spelling: [grey-ting]

IPA: /ˈgreɪ tɪŋ/

Grating is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 143 anagrams from letters in grating (agginrt).

Definitions for grating

noun

1. 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.
2. Physics. diffraction grating.
3. a frame of metal bars for holding fuel when burning, as in a fireplace, furnace, or stove.
4. a framework of parallel or crossed bars, used as a partition, guard, cover, or the like; grating.
5. a fireplace.

adjective

1. irritating or unpleasant to one's feelings.
2. (of a sound or noise) harsh, discordant, or rasping.

verb (used with object)

1. to furnish with a grate or grates.
2. to reduce to small particles by rubbing against a rough surface or a surface with many sharp-edged openings:
3. to rub together with a harsh, jarring sound:
4. to irritate or annoy.
5. Archaic. to wear down or away by rough friction.

verb (used without object)

1. to have an irritating or unpleasant effect:
2. to make a sound of, or as if of, rough scraping; rasp.
3. to sound harshly; jar:
4. to scrape or rub with rough or noisy friction, as one thing on or against another.

Origin of grating

First recorded in 1605-15; grate¹ + -ing¹

Examples for grating

A stout woman with a grating voice, she asked, “So you think life is so good here in Ukraine?”

“Go on then,” she said, as if humoring a grating younger sibling.

Your most grating acquaintance could – and usually would – bombard you with reams of unoriginal drivel at the press of a key.

Cornelius trembled with joy, so much so that he was obliged to hold by the grating.

The slab moved upward an inch or two, grating in its rough grooves.

But as the season wore on and her grating nerve wore down, I actually really warmed up to her.

The man who lay on the ledge of the grating was even chilled.

I lay on that grating two months, and bitter months they were to me.

He fumbled for the knob, and it turned with a grating sound.

Four years after “Safety Dance,” Men Without Hats returned with the grating ‘Pop Goes the World.’