A frame of metal bars for holding the fuel in a fireplace or furnace. Hence, the fireplace itself.
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| 释义 | the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > heating or making hot > that which or one who heats > [noun] > a device for heating or warming > devices for heating buildings, rooms, etc. > hearth or fireplace > grate (11) grate1605 A frame of metal bars for holding the fuel in a fireplace or furnace. Hence, the fireplace itself. fire grate1620 purgatory1707 English regional (chiefly west midlands). A space beneath a fireplace covered with a grating, into which the ashes and cinders fall (also purgatory… stove-grate1730 (a) = sense 5b; (b) see quot. 1875. stovea1756 An apparatus for heating (originally, for heating a ‘stove’ in sense 1 or 2). Cf. stew, n.2 1b. Applied to the metal structure of a more or less… ash-grate1833 a grate that fits over the ash-hole. basket-grate1889 well-fire1895 = well grate n. well grate1898 a grate for a hearth, constructed with an air chamber below it to aid combustion. hob-grate1915 a grate fitted with a hob or hobs. combination grate1940 (see quot. 1940). |
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