Grating

Adjective
grating


 * 1) (typically of a voice) harsh and unpleasant

Noun

 * 1) A barrier that has parallel or crossed bars blocking a passage but admitting air.
 * 2) A frame of iron bars to hold a fire

Synonyms

 * grill

Related terms

 * grate

Verb
grating



Thesaurus
abrasion, absonant, ajar, andiron, annoying, antagonistic, antipathetic, arabesque, at cross-purposes, at loggerheads, at odds, at variance, at war, atomization, atonal, attrition, basketry, basketwork, beating, bolter, brecciation, cacophonous, cancellation, chafing, chain, clashing, coal tongs, colander, comminution, conflicting, confused, contradictory, contrary, cracked, crane, cranky, creaking, croaking, crook, cross, cross-hatching, crossing-out, crumbling, crushing, damper, detrition, diaphonic, differing, disaccordant, disagreeable, disagreeing, disconsonant, discordant, discrepant, disharmonic, disharmonious, disintegration, disproportionate, dissident, dissonant, divergent, dry, filigree, fire hook, fire tongs, firedog, flat, fragmentation, fret, fretting, fretwork, galling, granulation, granulization, grate, grid, griddle, gridiron, grill, grille, griller, grillwork, grinding, gritty, hachure, harsh, hatching, hoarse, hostile, immelodious, immiscible, inaccordant, incompatible, inharmonic, inharmonious, interlacement, intertexture, intertwinement, irksome, irritant, irritating, irritative, jangling, jangly, jarring, jostling, lace, lacery, lacework, lacing, lattice, latticework, levigation, lifter, mashing, mesh, meshes, meshwork, musicless, negative, nerve-jangling, nerve-racking, nerve-rending, nerve-shaking, nerve-trying, net, netting, network, nonmelodious, off, off-key, off-tone, offensive, out of accord, out of pitch, out of tone, out of tune, out of whack, piercing, plexure, plexus, poker, pothook, pounding, powdering, raddle, rasping, raspy, raucous, repugnant, reticle, reticulation, reticule, reticulum, riddle, rough, salamander, scraping, scrapy, scratching, scratchy, screeching, screen, screening, sharp, shredding, shrill, sieve, sifter, smashing, sorter, sour, spit, squawking, squeaky, stinging, strident, stridulous, texture, tissue, tongs, tracery, trellis, trelliswork, tripod, trituration, trivet, tuneless, turnspit, uncongenial, unharmonious, unmelodious, unmusical, untunable, untuned, untuneful, variant, vexatious, warring, wattle, weave, weaving, web, webbing, webwork, weft, wicker, wickerwork

Noun

 * Finnish: (crossed or parallel bars), (crossed bars only)


 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Spanish: rejilla


 * Finnish: ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: ,


 * Spanish: rejilla