Definitions for the word, grate

(a.) Serving to gratify; agreeable.

(n.) A frame or bed, or kind of basket, of iron bars, for holding fuel while burning.

(n.) A structure or frame containing parallel or crosed bars, with interstices; a kind of latticework, such as is used ia the windows of prisons and cloisters.

(v. i.) To make a harsh sound by friction.

(v. i.) To produce the effect of rubbing with a hard rough material; to cause wearing, tearing, or bruising. Hence; To produce exasperation, soreness, or grief; to offend by oppression or importunity.

(v. t.) To fret; to irritate; to offend.

(v. t.) To furnish with grates; to protect with a grating or crossbars; as, to grate a window.

(v. t.) To reduce to small particles by rubbing with anything rough or indented; as, to grate a nutmeg.

(v. t.) To rub roughly or harshly, as one body against another, causing a harsh sound; as, to grate the teeth; to produce (a harsh sound) by rubbing.


44 words found in the Scrabble word, grate



Scrabble letter values
A is 1 points
B is 3 points
C is 3 points
D is 2 points
E is 1 points
F is 4 points
G is 2 points
H is 4 points
I is 1 points
J is 8 points
K is 5 points
L is 1 points
M is 3 points
N is 1 points
O is 1 points
P is 3 points
Q is 10 points
R is 1 points
S is 1 points
T is 1 points
U is 1 points
V is 4 points
W is 4 points
X is 8 points
Y is 4 points
Z is 10 points



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