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Grating vs Broiler - What's the difference?

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Grating is a related term of broiler.


As nouns the difference between grating and broiler

is that grating is a barrier that has parallel or crossed bars blocking a passage but admitting air while broiler is broiler (chicken).

As an adjective grating

is (typically of a voice) harsh and unpleasant.

As a verb grating

is .

grating

English

(wikipedia grating)

Adjective

(head)
  • (typically of a voice) harsh and unpleasant
  • abrasive; tending to annoy

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A barrier that has parallel or crossed bars blocking a passage but admitting air.
  • A frame of iron bars to hold a fire.
  • The loose material that comes from something being grated.
    • Add a few gratings of nutmeg to the hot milk.
  • An optical system of close equidistant and parallel lines or bars, especially lines ruled on a polished surface, used for producing spectra by diffraction.
  • (nautical, 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.

    • Synonyms

    * grill

    Related terms

    * grate

    Verb

    (head)

    • broiler

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who broils, or cooks by broiling.
  • (cookware) A device used to broil food; part of an oven or a small stove; a grill.
  • A chicken suitable for broiling.
  • (archaic) One who excites broils; one who engages in or promotes noisy quarrels.
  • * Hammond
    • What doth he but turn broiler , make new libels against the church?

    Derived terms

    * broilerhouse