Another word for grating | Synonyms for grating

Another word for grating

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grating

modif.

offensive, strident, harsh; see shrill.

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Another word for grating

adjective

Disagreeable to the sense of hearing:

dry, harsh, hoarse, jarring, rasping, raspy, raucous, rough, scratchy, squawky, strident. See sounds

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The heavy door opened with a grating sound.
This is the ordinary formula for a reflecting plane grating, and it shows that the spectra are formed in the usual directions.
He has also shown how to rule a plane surface with lines so disposed that the grating shall of itself give well-focused spectra.
There is also some uncertainty as to the actual temperature of the grating when in use.
It was formerly the custom in our village, when a poor debtor came out of jail, for his acquaintances to salute him, looking through their fingers, which were crossed to represent the grating of a jail window, "How do ye do?"

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