noun🔗ShareA barrier that has parallel or crossed bars blocking a passage but admitting air."The basement windows were covered with heavy metal gratings to prevent break-ins. "architecturematerialbuildingChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareA frame of iron bars to hold a fire."The old fireplace had sturdy gratings to hold the burning logs. "architecturematerialbuildingChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareThe loose material that comes from something being grated."Add a few gratings of nutmeg to the hot milk."materialpartChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareAn optical system of close equidistant and parallel lines or bars, especially lines ruled on a polished surface, used for producing spectra by diffraction."The science class used gratings to split sunlight into its different colors, creating a rainbow spectrum on the wall. "physicstechnologyscienceChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share(in the plural) The strong wooden lattice used to cover a hatch, admitting light and air; also, a movable lattice used for the flooring of boats."The sailors removed the heavy gratings from the deck to let fresh air into the ship's lower levels. "nauticalpartarchitectureChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareThe sound made by something that grates against something else."The metal grating of the window against the frame was loud and annoying. "soundChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
