grating
adjective
- 1
unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound
a gravelly voice
noun
- 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
a frame of iron bars to hold a fire
- 3
a barrier that has parallel or crossed bars blocking a passage but admitting air
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