grates
Meaning of grates
noun
- A horizontal metal grill through which water, ash, or small objects can fall, while larger objects cannot
The grate stopped the sheep from escaping from their field.
- A frame or bed, or kind of basket, of iron bars, for holding fuel while burning
- To furnish with grates; to protect with a grating or crossbars
to grate a window
- To shred (things, usually foodstuffs), by rubbing across a grater
I need to grate the cheese before the potato is cooked.
- To make an unpleasant rasping sound, often as the result of rubbing against something
Listening to his teeth grate all day long drives me mad.
- (by extension) to get on one's nerves; to irritate, annoy
She’s nice enough, but she can begin to grate if there is no-one else to talk to.
- (by extension) to annoy
Information about grates
- The singular form of grates is: grate.
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Hyphenation of grates
grates
- It consists of 1 syllables and 6 chars.
- grates is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
grates synonyms
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Anagrams of grates
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