a flat frame with metal bars across it, used to cover a window, a hole in the ground, etc:
The entrance to the drain is covered by a heavy iron grating.
seealsoGRATE(2)
adjective (of a sound or sb's voice) unpleasant and harsh to listen to:
The sound of his grating voice complaining all day was driving me crazy.
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