grates

Meaning of grates

noun
  1. 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.
  2. A frame or bed, or kind of basket, of iron bars, for holding fuel while burning
verb
  1. To furnish with grates; to protect with a grating or crossbars
    to grate a window
verb
  1. To shred (things, usually foodstuffs), by rubbing across a grater
    I need to grate the cheese before the potato is cooked.
  2. 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.
  3. (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.
  4. (by extension) to annoy

Information about grates

Hyphenation of grates

grates

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 6 chars.
  • grates is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

grates synonyms

Meaning :

grill

Anagrams of grates

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