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grating n. [
grate] a barrier that has parallel or crossed bars blocking a passage but admitting air
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grating s. [
gravelly, rasping, raspy, rough, scratchy] unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound; "a gravelly voice"
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grating n. [
grate] a frame of iron bars to hold a fire
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grating n. [
diffraction grating] 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
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