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noun

a frame of metal bars for holding fuel when burning, as in a fireplace, furnace, or stove.

a framework of parallel or crossed bars, used as a partition, guard, cover, or the like; grating.

a fireplace.

verb (used with object)

to furnish with a grate or grates.

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Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English < Medieval Latin grāta a grating, variant of crāta, derivative of Latin crāt- (stem of crātis) wickerwork, hurdle; compare crate

Related forms

grate·less, adjective

grate·like, adjective

Example Sentences

Place clams directly on grill grate or on a large baking pan in a single layer.

Such behaviour does grate and almost invariably lead to some form of electoral pain.

Flip the atrium grate over and insert it in the hole.

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Place clams directly on grill grate or on a large baking pan in a single layer.

Such behaviour does grate and almost invariably lead to some form of electoral pain.

Flip the atrium grate over and insert it in the hole.

Someone opened a small window in the door and peered at me through an iron grate.

Coarsely grate tomatoes into a bowl and discard skins.

Cut daikon and carrot into thin shreds, or grate in a food processor.

The firemen worked steadily to remove a heavy steel grate to reach the trapped man.

Grate post by authour on usda demolishing the food pyramid.

Lay a cooling rack on half of cooking grate and spread potatoes out evenly.

It's about sharing that food with people who grate on you and push buttons.

Other amenities include a personal fire grate and picnic table at each site.

If the glaze stiffens, set glaze on the hot cooking grate for a minute.

Cut the tomatoes in half along the equator, and grate on the large holes of a box grater into a wide bowl.

Use a cheese grater to grate two bars of soap into fine strands into a bowl.

Slice a ripe tomato in half and grate it against the large holes of a box grater.

Arrange the radicchios on the grill cut side down slightly on the diagonal to the bars of the grill grate.

Davis watches as the women grate the giant roots by hand.

Using thick gloves and a pair of tongs, carefully remove the grill grate.

Peel the horseradish and grate using a fine grater or food processor.

It mixes two styles that grate on parents and appeal directly to teen-agers: rap and heavy metal.

Before serving, grate the galanga into the soup with a ginger grater or microplaner.

It's the screechy voice, the unimaginative plots and the flat characters that grate on my nerves.

But the clever moments fail to compensate for stridently offbeat characters that grate rather than ingratiate.

They feed near its surface, and a breaker bar moves along a bottom grate to harvest the compost.

The grate or fireplace will ordinarily secure attention by smoking unbearably.

Rotate the grill grate so that the fish is over the flame and cook for another minute to get the fish hot.

Lightly brush top of dough with butter and place butter-side down on grate a few at a time.

Top each jar of mousse with a dollop of whipped cream and grate some chocolate on top with a microplane to finish.

Grate the squash, and place in a large bowl or colander.

Grate onions and artichokes in food processor with shredder attachment or by hand on box grater.

The knocking noises of the elevator outside her door grate on her.

Mince garlic, grate ginger and add both to hot oil in a pot.

Grate the potatoes on the large side of a box grater into a medium bowl.

Grate the unpeeled zucchini, place over a strainer, sprinkle with salt and drain for a half-hour.

Wash, trim and grate zucchini, using grating blade of food processor.

Plant the fingerlike roots of horseradish, and grate the thicker root and mix it with vinegar.

Working quickly, coarsely grate potatoes, then roughly chop to make even pieces.

Coarsely grate the tomatoes, cut side down, until only the skin remains.

Steam from a nearby subway grate catches her purple and orange sarong.

He then managed to pull up the heavy grate by hand and rescue the.

Razieh enlists the help of several strangers to try retrieving it from beneath an iron grate.

Gently drop an egg yolk into each nest, season with additional black pepper, and grate additional cheese on top.

Using shredding disk of food processor or hand grater, grate potatoes as.

Wearing rubber gloves to prevent staining your hands, peel and grate the beets.

Cut the tomatoes in half at the equator, and grate on the large holes of a box grater set in a wide bowl.

Wash, trim and grate the zucchini, using the grating blade of a food processor.

Burger fell onto a furnace grate and was burned on his hands, legs and face.

Grate into fine crumbs on a box grater or in a food processor.

Grate coarsely using a hand grater or food processor.

Peel the apple, and grate into a wide bowl on the large holes of a box grater.

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Dictionary.com Unabridged

verb (used without object)

to have an irritating or unpleasant effect: His constant chatter grates on my nerves.

to make a sound of, or as if of, rough scraping; rasp.

to sound harshly; jar: to grate on the ear.

to scrape or rub with rough or noisy friction, as one thing on or against another.

verb (used with object)

to reduce to small particles by rubbing against a rough surface or a surface with many sharp-edged openings: to grate a carrot.

to rub together with a harsh, jarring sound: to grate one's teeth.

to irritate or annoy.

Archaic. to wear down or away by rough friction.

Origin:
1375–1425; late Middle English graten < Old French grater < Germanic; compare German kratzen to scratch

Synonyms
7. vex, gall, nettle, irk, rile, bug.

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Collins

World English Dictionary

grate¹ (ɡreɪt)

—vb
1.	(tr) to reduce to small shreds by rubbing against a rough or sharp perforated surface: to grate carrots
2.	to scrape (an object) against something or (objects) together, producing a harsh rasping sound, or (of objects) to scrape with such a sound
3.	(intr; foll by on or upon) to annoy

—n
4.	a harsh rasping sound

[C15: from Old French grater to scrape, of Germanic origin; compare Old High German krazzōn]

grate² (ɡreɪt)

—n
1.	a framework of metal bars for holding fuel in a fireplace, stove, or furnace
2.	a less common word for fireplace
3.	another name for grating
4.	mining a perforated metal screen for grading crushed ore

—vb
5.	(tr) to provide with a grate or grates

[C14: from Old French grate, from Latin crātis hurdle]

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Word Origin & History

grate

c.1400, from M.L. grata "lattice," from L. cratis "wickerwork."

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grate

late 14c. (implied in grater), from O.Fr. grater "to scrape," from Frank. *kratton, from P.Gmc. *krattojan (cf. O.H.G. krazzon "to scratch, scrape"), probably of imitative origin. Senses of "sound harshly," and "annoy" are 16c.

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Easton

Bible Dictionary

Grate definition

a network of brass for the bottom of the great altar of sacrifice (Ex. 27:4; 35:16; 38:4, 5, 30).

Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
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"The room's very hot, with all this crowd," the Professor said to Sylvie. "I wonder why they don't put some lumps of ice in the grate? You fill it with lumps of coal in the winter, you know, and you sit round it and enjoy the warmth. How jolly it would be to fill it now with lumps of ice, and sit round it and enjoy the coolth!"

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