Clues for the word "GRATE"
We've had 105 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 202 times in crosswords. It was last seen in New Zealand Herald crossword on December 15, 2025.
Definition of grate
- a. - Serving to gratify; agreeable.
- n. - A structure or frame containing parallel or crosed bars, with interstices; a kind of latticework, such as is used ia the windows of prisons and cloisters.
- n. - A frame or bed, or kind of basket, of iron bars, for holding fuel while burning.
- v. t. - To furnish with grates; to protect with a grating or crossbars; as, to grate a window.
- v. t. - To rub roughly or harshly, as one body against another, causing a harsh sound; as, to grate the teeth; to produce (a harsh sound) by rubbing.
- v. t. - To reduce to small particles by rubbing with anything rough or indented; as, to grate a nutmeg.
- v. t. - To fret; to irritate; to offend.
- v. i. - To make a harsh sound by friction.
- v. i. - To produce the effect of rubbing with a hard rough material; to cause wearing, tearing, or bruising. Hence; To produce exasperation, soreness, or grief; to offend by oppression or importunity.
Referring Clues
- Sidewalk hazard
- Annoy
- Catch basin cover
- Log holder, perhaps
- Jar
- Not sound good to the ears
- Annoy, in a way
- Worry for a wearer of high heels
- Recipe directive
- Rub the wrong way
- Get on one's nerves
- Log holder
- Rankle
- Difficult surface for high-heel shoes
- Barbecue feature
- Storm drain cover
- Prepare cheese for Caesar salad
- High heel wearer's hazard
- Fireplace frame
- Rasp
- Prepare Parmesan
- Fireplace log support
- Hearth part
- Prepare, as pizza cheese
- Shred, as cheese
- Prepare cheese, as for pizza
- Worry for a high heel wearer
- Prepare Parmesan, in a way
- Prepare cheese for pizza
- Rub together harshly
- Fireplace framework
- Fireplace feature
- Irritate
- Shred potatoes
- Dicey surface for high heels
- Fuel holder
- Barrier
- Cane user's hazard
- Fireplace insert
- Vent cover
- Prepare, as Romano
- Prepare the parmesan
- Metal grille
- Fireplace
- Scrape
- Be really annoying
- Reduce to small pieces
- Fireplace item
- Mince
- Prepare Parmesan, say
- Prepare, as Parmesan
- Drain cover
- Common storm drain covering
- Hearth
- Shave cheese
- Sewer cover
- Prepare Parmesan cheese
- Fireplace piece
- Shred
- Shave Parmesan
- Hazard for high heels
- Hibachi feature
- Grid
- Shave, as Parmesan
- Fireplace holder
- Be abrasive
- Shred cheese
- Scrape harshly
- Fireplace that's tremendous, so we hear
- Fireplace unit
- Iron bar structure in front of a fireplace
- Make a harsh rasping sound
- Abrade
- Jar in which to put coal
- Say harshly: –Where's the fire?"
- Cause irritation
- Furnace vent cover
- Reportedly wonderful setting for the Ashes
- 7 misspelt in grid
- Fire place
- Be annoying
- Fireplace adjunct
- Grill piece
- Reduce to tiny bits
- Storm drain guard
- To speak raspingly sounds great
- Speak harshly but in great style
- Be jarring
- Great sound, though it may be harsh to the ear
- Where the Great Fire is said to have started?
- Hibachi part
- Talk harshly at a good speed
- Set on edge
- Great homophone
- Bother
- Grind
- Rub harshly
- Whence subway air
- Prep some Parmesan
- Really annoy, with "on"
- 75-Down accessory
- Grind harshly
- Sewer covering
- Speak harshly, maybe heatedly
- Prep some cheese
Last Seen In
- New Zealand Herald - December 15, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - December 13, 2025
- Daily Cryptic - August 26, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - July 02, 2025
- Mirror Mini - May 25, 2025
- Mirror Daily - May 14, 2025
- Mirror Daily - May 04, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - April 22, 2025
- LA Times - April 12, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - March 17, 2025
- USA Today - February 14, 2025
- Mirror Daily - February 02, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - January 30, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - December 31, 2024
- Daily American - December 17, 2024
- Your Life Choices - December 14, 2024
- Your Life Choices - December 08, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - October 12, 2024
- Penny Dell Sunday - October 06, 2024
- Evening Standard Cryptic - October 03, 2024
- Mirror Daily - September 20, 2024
- Daily American - August 21, 2024
- Evening Standard Cryptic - August 05, 2024
- USA Today - July 06, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - July 03, 2024
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - April 27, 2024
- LA Times - April 23, 2024
- Penny Dell Sunday - March 31, 2024
- LA Times - March 31, 2024
- Evening Standard Quick - March 19, 2024
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