Grating
from
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
grating
adj 1: unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound; "a gravelly
voice" [syn: {grating}, {gravelly}, {rasping}, {raspy},
{rough}, {scratchy}]
n 1: a barrier that has parallel or crossed bars blocking a
passage but admitting air [syn: {grate}, {grating}]
2: a frame of iron bars to hold a fire [syn: {grate}, {grating}]
3: optical device consisting of a surface with many parallel
grooves in it; disperses a beam of light (or other
electromagnetic radiation) into its wavelengths to produce
its spectrum [syn: {diffraction grating}, {grating}]
from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Grating \Grat"ing\, n. [See 2d Grate.]
1. A partition, covering, or frame of parallel or cross bars;
a latticework resembling a window grate; as, the grating
of a prison or convent.
[1913 Webster]
2. (Optics) A system of close equidistant parallel lines or
bars, esp. lines ruled on a polished surface, used for
producing spectra by diffraction; -- called also
{diffraction grating}.
Note: Gratings have been made with over 40,000 such lines to
the inch, but those with a somewhat smaller number give
the best definition. They are used, e. g., to produce
monochromatic light for use in optical instruments such
as spectrophotometers.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
3. pl. (Naut.) The strong wooden lattice used to cover a
hatch, admitting light and air; also, a movable Lattice
used for the flooring of boats.
[1913 Webster]
from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
208 Moby Thesaurus words for "grating":
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
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