grate

grate has 17 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 5.

Definitions

• a.. Serving to gratify; agreeable.
• n.. A structure or frame containing parallel or crosed bars, with interstices; a kind of latticework, such as is used ia the windows of prisons and cloisters.
• n.. A frame or bed, or kind of basket, of iron bars, for holding fuel while burning.
• v. t.. To furnish with grates; to protect with a grating or crossbars; as, to grate a window.
• v. t.. To rub roughly or harshly, as one body against another, causing a harsh sound; as, to grate the teeth; to produce (a harsh sound) by rubbing.
• v. t.. To reduce to small particles by rubbing with anything rough or indented; as, to grate a nutmeg.
• v. t.. To fret; to irritate; to offend.
• v. i.. To make a harsh sound by friction.
• v. i.. To produce the effect of rubbing with a hard rough material; to cause wearing, tearing, or bruising. Hence; To produce exasperation, soreness, or grief; to offend by oppression or importunity.
• n.. a frame of iron bars to hold a fire
• n.. a barrier that has parallel or crossed bars blocking a passage but admitting air
• n.. a harsh rasping sound made by scraping something