grate
noun/ɡreɪt/
/ɡreɪt/
- a metal frame for holding the wood or coal in a fireplace
- A huge log fire was burning in the grate.
Homophones grate | greatgrate great/ɡreɪt//ɡreɪt/- grate verb
- Grate the apples and carrots and add to the mixture.
- grate noun
- A small fire was burning in the grate.
- great adjective
- She is a young player with great potential.
- great noun(informal)
- He's destined to become an all-time great.
- great adverb(informal, non-standard)
- Keep going! You're doing great!
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- (also sewer grate)(both US English)(British English drain)a frame of metal bars over the opening to a drain in the ground see also grating
Word Originnoun sense 1 Middle English (meaning ‘a grating’): from Old French, based on Latin cratis ‘hurdle’.
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