Crossword-Solution: GRATING
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Grating | p. pr. &. vb. n. | of Grate |
| Grating | n. | A partition, covering, or frame of parallel or cross bars; a latticework resembling a window grate; as, the grating of a prison or convent. |
| Grating | n. | A system of close equidistant and parallel lines lines or bars, especially lines ruled on a polished surface, used for producing spectra by diffraction; -- called also diffraction grating. |
| Grating | n. | The strong wooden lattice used to cover a hatch, admitting light and air; also, a movable Lattice used for the flooring of boats. |
| Grating | a. | That grates; making a harsh sound; harsh. |
| Grating | n. | A harsh sound caused by attrition. |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
EEATR
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with GRATING (5)
The cold within him froze his old features, nipped his pointed nose, shrivelled his cheek, stiffened his gait; made his eyes red, his thin lips blue; and spoke out shrewdly in his grating voice.
And such a luxury to him was this petting of his sorrows, that he could not bear to have any worldly cheeriness or any grating delight intrude upon it; it was too sacred for such contact; and so, presently, when his cousin Mary danced in, all alive with the joy of seeing home again after an age-long visit of one week to the country, he got up and moved in clouds and darkness out at one door as she brought song and sunshine in at the other.
Here he heard her fumbling with a key, and presently came the sound of a metal bolt grating against metal.
And suddenly he burst into one of his grating chuckles: “By Jove, we’ve shaken up Black Michael!” “Come, come!” I repeated impatiently.
Let us venture it.” “I am sorry to trouble you,” said he, in his blandest manner, to the young woman behind the grating; “there is some small mistake about a telegram I sent yesterday.
Quotes with GRATING (3)
It does. This is how it should have been anyway.' I caught my breath as he kissed my neck, teeth grating my skin. 'And I'll take back what's mine.
If the sound of happy children is grating on your ears, I don't think it's the children who need to be adjusted.
We are of opinion that instead of letting books grow moldy behind an iron grating, far from the vulgar gaze, it is better to let them wear out by being read.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: Chicago Tribune, CrosSynergy, LAT, Newsday, NYT, Universal, USA TODAY.
Used 12 times in crossword archives (1954–2021).