Word Meaning

Meaning of "grates" and the crossword clue

- Annoy
- Cause irritation
- Fireplace
- Fireplace grille
- Framework of bars
- Jar on
- Metal grid
- Shred
- Speechify
- Annoys
- Chafes
- Jars on
- Rasps used on grilles
- Shreds
- Serving to gratify; agreeable.
- A structure or frame containing parallel or crosed bars, with interstices; a kind of latticework, such as is used ia the windows of prisons and cloisters.
- A frame or bed, or kind of basket, of iron bars, for holding fuel while burning.
- To furnish with grates; to protect with a grating or crossbars; as, to grate a window.
- To rub roughly or harshly, as one body against another, causing a harsh sound; as, to grate the teeth; to produce (a harsh sound) by rubbing.
- To reduce to small particles by rubbing with anything rough or indented; as, to grate a nutmeg.
- To fret; to irritate; to offend.
- To make a harsh sound by friction.
- To produce the effect of rubbing with a hard rough material; to cause wearing, tearing, or bruising. Hence; To produce exasperation, soreness, or grief; to offend by oppression or importunity.