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uk/ɡreɪt/us/ɡreɪt/grate verb (COOKING)
[ T ] to rub food against a grater in order to cut it into a lot of small pieces:
grated cheese
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Preparing food
- butter
- can't boil an egg idiom
- caramelize
- carve
- clarified
- cube
- dice
- fold
- leaven
- liquidize
- malt
- marinade
- marinate
- salt
- spice
- stuffed
- sweeten
- thicken
- thin
- whip sth up
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grate verb (RUB TOGETHER)
[ I ] When two hard objects grate, they rub together, sometimes making a sharp unpleasant sound.
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Scratching and rubbing
- abrade
- abrasion
- chafe
- erode
- graze
- grind
- massage
- rasp
- rub sth/sb down
- rubdown
- scour
- scour sth out
- scrape
- scratch
- scuff
- smooth
- tickle
- wear
- wear (sth) away
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grate verb (ANNOY)
[ I ] When a noise or behaviour grates, it annoys you:
After a while her voice really started to grate on me.
It's the way she's always talking about herself - it just grates on me.
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Causing feelings of anger and displeasure
- aggravate
- aggrieve
- alienate
- anger
- annoy
- burn
- give sb the shits idiom
- go too far idiom
- goat
- hack
- hack sb off
- harass
- nose
- ruffle sb's feathers idiom
- set sb's teeth on edge idiom
- step/tread on sb's toes idiom
- stick in sb's craw idiom
- stick in sb's throat idiom
- tee
- toe
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gratenoun [ C ]
uk/ɡreɪt/us/ɡreɪt/a metal structure that holds coal or wood in a fireplace
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Parts of buildings: the fireplace & parts of the fireplace
- chimney breast
- coal scuttle
- fender
- firebrick
- fireguard
- fireplace
- firescreen
- fireside
- flue
- hearth
- inglenook
- mantelpiece
- open fire
- open fireplace
- poker
- scuttle