Definition of grating

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Grating (n.) A partition, covering, or frame of parallel or cross bars; a latticework resembling a window grate; as, the grating of a prison or convent..

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Rugged :: Rugged (n.) Rough to the ear; harsh; grating; -- said of sound, style, and the like..
Grate :: Grate (v. t.) To furnish with grates; to protect with a grating or crossbars; as, to grate a window..
Grated :: Grated (a.) Furnished with a grate or grating; as, grated windows..
Diffraction :: Diffraction (n.) The deflection and decomposition of light in passing by the edges of opaque bodies or through narrow slits, causing the appearance of parallel bands or fringes of prismatic colors, as by the action of a grating of fine lines or bars..
Grating :: Grating (n.) A partition, covering, or frame of parallel or cross bars; a latticework resembling a window grate; as, the grating of a prison or convent..
Migrating :: Migrating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Migrat.
Run :: Run (n.) The act of migrating, or ascending a river to spawn; -- said of fish; also, an assemblage or school of fishes which migrate, or ascend a river for the purpose of spawning..
Integrating :: Integrating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Integrat.
Harshly :: Harshly (adv.) In a harsh manner; gratingly; roughly; rudely.
Regrating :: Regrating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Regrat.
Transmigrant :: Transmigrant (a.) Migrating or passing from one place or state to another; passing from one residence to another.
Regrator :: Regrator (n.) One guilty of regrating.
Integrate :: Integrate (v. t.) To indicate the whole of; to give the sum or total of; as, an integrating anemometer, one that indicates or registers the entire action of the wind in a given time..
Creaking :: Creaking (n.) A harsh grating or squeaking sound, or the act of making such a sound..
Creak :: Creak (v. i.) To make a prolonged sharp grating or squeaking sound, as by the friction of hard substances; as, shoes creak..
Crepitation :: Crepitation (n.) A grating or crackling sensation or sound, as that produced by rubbing two fragments of a broken bone together, or by pressing upon cellular tissue containing air..
Rough :: Rough (n.) Loud and hoarse; offensive to the ear; harsh; grating; -- said of sound, voice, and the like; as, a rough tone; rough numbers..
Calcination :: Calcination (n.) The act or process of disintegrating a substance, or rendering it friable by the action of heat, esp. by the expulsion of some volatile matter, as when carbonic and acid is expelled from carbonate of calcium in the burning of limestone in order to make lime..
Emigrant :: Emigrant (v. i.) Removing from one country to another; emigrating; as, an emigrant company or nation..
Stridor :: Strident (a.) Characterized by harshness; grating; shrill.
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