English Explanatory Dictionary

grate

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A horizontal metal grill through which liquid, ash, or small objects can fall, while larger objects cannot.
  2. A frame or bed, or kind of basket, of iron bars, for holding fuel while burning.
  3. A grapper, a metal ring on a lance behind the grip.
verb
  1. To furnish with grates; to protect with a grating or crossbars.
verb
  1. To shred (things, usually foodstuffs), by rubbing across a grater.
  2. To make an unpleasant rasping sound, often as the result of rubbing against something.
  3. To get on one's nerves; to irritate, annoy.
  4. To annoy.
adj
  1. Serving to gratify; agreeable.
adj
  1. Obsolete spelling of great.

Pronunciation

grāt /ɡɹeɪt/ en-us-grate.ogg

Word forms

grate grates grating grated more grate most grate

Etymology

From Middle English grate, from a Medieval Latin crāta, from a Latin word for a hurdle; or Italian grata, from Latin cratis.

Synonyms

grill scrape

Derived words

firegrate fire-grate fire grate grateless gratewise register grate rocking grate step grate grateable grater grate upon grating gratings grateful
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