grate

1. 1.

   a frame of iron bars to hold a fire

   Synonymsgrating

   Broaderframework

   Part ofstovefurnace
2. 2.

   a harsh rasping sound made by scraping something

   Broadernoise
3. 3.

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

   Synonymsgrating

   Broaderbarrier

   Narrowergrille

Other forms of grate

plural

grates·

past tense

grated·

present participle

grating·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about grate

What does grate mean?

grate means "furnish with a grate". That is the primary sense; the word has 8 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in grate?

grate has 1 syllable: grate. In IPA it is /ˈɡɹeɪt/.

What is another word for grate?

Close synonyms include eat into, fret, rankle, grind, scrape. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is grate a common word?

grate is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with grate?

8 words rhyme with grate. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.