Definitions
To shred into small pieces or make an irritating sound.
Word origin
From Middle English grate, from a Medieval Latin crāta, from a Latin word for a hurdle; or Italian grata, from Latin cratis.
Used in a sentence
“The grate stopped the sheep from escaping from their field.”
“a secret grate of iron bars”
“Lances (only shown at Stoke D'Abernon) were commonly made of ash, about 13 feet long. A ring of metal (grate or grapper) was fastened to the shaft and during a fight[…]”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Shred cheese”5 letters
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