grating

adjective

  1. 1

    unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound

    a gravelly voice

noun

  1. 1

    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

  2. 2

    a frame of iron bars to hold a fire

  3. 3

    a barrier that has parallel or crossed bars blocking a passage but admitting air

Synonyms

Also useful for “grating”:Unscrambler