grating
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a barrier that has parallel or crossed bars blocking a passage but admitting air
Types & categories
- barrier hypernym
- radiator grille hyponym
Related & opposite
- grate derivation
Sense 2 adjective
unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound
a gravelly voice
Related & opposite
- roughness derivation
- rasp derivation
- scrape derivation
- cacophonous similar to
Sense 3 noun
a frame of iron bars to hold a fire
Types & categories
- framework hypernym
Parts & wholes
Related & opposite
- grate derivation
Sense 4 noun
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
Types & categories
- optical device hypernym
- echelon hyponym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | grate |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | barrier |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | radiator grille |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | roughness |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | rasp |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | scrape |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | cacophonous |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | grate |
| 3 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | furnace |
| 3 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | stove |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | framework |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | optical device |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | echelon |