grate

IPA: grˈeɪt

A horizontal metal grill through which liquid, ash, or small objects can fall, while larger objects cannot.
A frame or bed, or kind of basket, of iron bars, for holding fuel while burning.
(historical) A grapper, a metal ring on a lance behind the grip.

(transitive) To furnish with grates; to protect with a grating or crossbars.
(transitive, cooking) To shred (things, usually foodstuffs), by rubbing across a grater.
(intransitive) To make an unpleasant rasping sound, often as the result of rubbing against something.
(by extension, intransitive) To get on one's nerves; to irritate, annoy.
(by extension, transitive) To annoy.

Examples of "grate" in Sentences

This so-called 'drainage' grate is located at the west end of the ravine.
I like a lively debate but the insults and name-calling grate after a while.
The sound of crackle in the grate is the most welcoming soundtrack to an evening with friends.
Lenz: There was something really appealing to me about standing around the drain grate tasting barrel samples from an old juice container.
A moderate fire in the grate is the only mode of heating, and they seem quite oblivious to the danger of throwing a door open into a cold hall at one's back, while the servants pass in and out with the various courses at dinner.
Another common fault in modern fireplaces is, that they are too shallow to allow sufficient space for the grate; and, when the grate is set too far forward into the room, it is evident that a very strong draught will be required to draw the smoke up the chimney.
A fire burning low in the grate was the sole light of the apartment; its beams flashed mockingly on the somewhat showy Versaillese furniture and gilding here, in style as unlike that of the structural parts of the building as it was possible to be, and probably introduced by