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Grate is an English word with synonyms like grating or rub. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Grate in a sentence

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Grate | Grateful | Grated | Gratefully | Grater | Graterol | Grates | Gratefulness | Grately

Grate meaning

  1. A horizontal metal grill through which liquid, ash, or small objects can fall, while larger objects cannot.
  2. A frame or bed, or kind of basket, of iron bars, for holding fuel while burning.
  3. A grapper, a metal ring on a lance behind the grip.

Synonyms of Grate

grating rub rankle fret eat into furnish render provide supply barrier noise framing frame framework annoy

Related words

Other words often associated with Grate or its synonyms:

gravel bother chafe nettle irritate vex nark rag give rile cater devil

Using Grate

  • The main meaning on this page is: A horizontal metal grill through which liquid, ash, or small objects can fall, while larger objects cannot. | A frame or bed, or kind of basket, of iron bars, for holding fuel while burning. | A grapper, a metal ring on a lance behind the grip.
  • Useful related words include: grating, rub, rankle, fret.
  • In the example corpus, grate often appears in combinations such as: grate the, to grate, the grate.

Context around Grate

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 21.5 words
  • Position in the sentence: 6 start, 8 middle, 6 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

iron 2× parsley 1× cucumbers 1× finely 1× metal 1× triangular 1× moving 1× sewer 1×

Often after:

directly 1× easily 1× anchored 1× mind 1× technology 1× cooking 1×

Sentence patterns with Grate

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

a metal grate anchored to 1× after the grate was removed 1× an iron grate to ignite 1× banter can grate mind you 1× cast iron grate cooking surface 1× from the grate 1× grate the carrots 1× grate the whole 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

add the garlic 1× brooks who deftly 1× finely chop the 1× grate the carrots 1× grate the whole 1× how the capybara 1×

Common sentence endings:

been peeled off 1× for stretching exercises 1× from the grate 1× from the kettle 1× helping hand out 1× into the mixture 1×

Words around Grate

Just before it in the word index:

grata 31 grat 4 grassy 170 grasstrack 2 grassroutes 2 grassrootshealth 2

Just after it in the word index:

grateau 4 grated 100 grateful 2.116 gratefully 91 gratefulness 8 grately 5

Similar in corpus frequency:

abner 72 acquit 72 adamantly 72 allahabad 72 amon 72 anathema 72

Corpus analysis for Grate

  • In this selection, "grate" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 21.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, iron, parsley, cucumbers, directly, easily and anchored stand out and add context to how "grate" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include a metal grate anchored to and after the grate was removed. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "grate" sits close to words such as abner, acquit and adamantly, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with grate

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Grate the carrots and add to the cabbage. (8 words)

It’s all the other, context-free intrusions that really grate. (11 words)

The lights illuminate a Pennywise mask hidden under the sewer grate. (11 words)

Longer example sentences

In a typical U.S. home grill, food is cooked on a grate directly over hot charcoal, while in a U.S. barbecue the coals are dispersed to the sides or at a significant distance from the grate. (38 words)

Brooks, who deftly detailed more than a dozen historical area figures, included the story of Judge Jesse Fell who in 1808 used an iron grate to ignite anthracite coal, fueling the industrial revolution. (33 words)

How the capybara, an animal native to the region, ended up in that tight spot isn't known, but even after the grate was removed, he still needed a helping hand out. (32 words)

Example sentences (20)

In a typical U.S. home grill, food is cooked on a grate directly over hot charcoal, while in a U.S. barbecue the coals are dispersed to the sides or at a significant distance from the grate.

Brooks, who deftly detailed more than a dozen historical area figures, included the story of Judge Jesse Fell who in 1808 used an iron grate to ignite anthracite coal, fueling the industrial revolution.

Finely chop the parsley, grate the lemon zest and stir into the couscous with a fork.

How the capybara, an animal native to the region, ended up in that tight spot isn't known, but even after the grate was removed, he still needed a helping hand out.

I think he threw the knife under the grate, I never saw it after that.

It’s all the other, context-free intrusions that really grate.

Large cucumbers grate easily, especially when their tough skin has been peeled off.

Peel, then finely grate in 2 cloves of garlic and add 700ml of boiling water from the kettle.

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Physio was at 2 p.m. Early on, the physiotherapists attached straps to his arms and legs and roped him to a metal grate anchored to the ceiling, for stretching exercises.

The attempts at ‘banter’ can grate, mind you, and he does have a propensity to over-complicate when calling a spade a spade might be more useful to the viewer.

The most obvious physical feature of the Corsair 4000D Airflow that repeats itself throughout the case is the steel triangular grate on its front.

The Ninja Foodi Power Blender Ultimate System has an enhanced processing lid with feed chute that allows you to slice, shred, and grate.

There’s a heavily Christian influence on this album, which does grate a little at times, but overall, this is another beautiful collection of music from this enigmatic and reclusive band/collective.

Add the garlic (you can grate the garlic directly into the mixture).

Grate the carrots and add to the cabbage.

Grate the whole cucumbers in a food processor or on a cheese grater – leaving the skins on.

The Kwinana Waste-to-Energy facility in will use moving grate technology (see below) to process non-recyclables and divert about 460,000tonnes of waste from landfills a year.

The lights illuminate a Pennywise mask hidden under the sewer grate.

This shtick can grate but Confidence Man create a tide of positivity that’s very easy to be swept up in. And they live the lifestyle.

We like its porcelain cast-iron grate cooking surface for searing.

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Common combinations with grate

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "grate" in a sentence?
An example: "In a typical U.S. home grill, food is cooked on a grate directly over hot charcoal, while in a U.S. barbecue the coals are dispersed to the sides or at a significant distance from the grate." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "grate" from authentic English texts.
What does "grate" mean?
Grate means: A horizontal metal grill through which liquid, ash, or small objects can fall, while larger objects cannot.
What are synonyms of "grate"?
Common synonyms of "grate" include: grating, rub, rankle, fret, eat into, furnish, render, provide. Plus 7 more synonyms.
How many example sentences with "grate" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "grate", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.