grating
grating is a 7-letter English word with 10 senses as noun and adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: of Grate. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- participial adjectivedjectiveectivest participial adjectivedjectiveectiverticipler & verbb noun. of Grate
- noun. A partition, covering, or frame of parallel or cross bars; a latticework resembling a window grate; as, the grating of a prison or convent.
- noun. A system of close equidistant and parallel lines lines or bars, especially lines ruled on a polished surface, used for producing spectra by diffraction; -- called also diffraction grating.
- noun. The strong wooden lattice used to cover a hatch, admitting light and air; also, a movable Lattice used for the flooring of boats.
- adjective. That grates; making a harsh sound; harsh.
- noun. A harsh sound caused by attrition.
- noun. optical device consisting of a surface with many parallel grooves in it; disperses a beam of light (or other electromagnetic radiation) into its wavelengths to produce its spectrum
- noun. a frame of iron bars to hold a fire
- noun. a barrier that has parallel or crossed bars blocking a passage but admitting air
- adjective. unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound
"a gravelly voice"
Synonyms
grate, gravelly, rasping, raspy, rough, scratchy
Anagrams
Other playable words that use exactly the letters in grating:
Common word forms
grat, grate, gratings, gratingly
Words from these letters
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