grating

1. A barrier that has parallel or crossed bars blocking a passage but admitting air.

   Gitter

   решёткаrešótka

   реші́ткаrešítka, ґра́тиgráty, кра́таkráta

   a barrier that has parallel or crossed bars blocking a passage but admitting air

2. A frame of iron bars to hold a fire.

   a frame of iron bars to hold a fire

3. The loose material that comes from something being grated.

   Add a few gratings of nutmeg to the hot milk.

4. An optical system of close equidistant and parallel lines or bars, especially lines ruled on a polished surface, used for producing spectra by diffraction.

5. (in the plural)The strong wooden lattice used to cover a hatch, admitting light and air; also, a movable lattice used for the flooring of boats.

6. The sound made by something that grates against something else.

1. Something is grating on her nerves.

   ruЧто-то действует ей на нервы.

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2. That music is grating on my nerves.

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3. A cacophony is a mixture of grating noises.

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4. Be careful when grating.

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5. I can imagine grinding sesame seeds, but it's hard for me to picture grating them.

   deIch kann mir schon vorstellen, Sesam zu mahlen, ihn aber zu raspeln eher nicht.

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