English Dictionary

grate

/ɡɹeɪt/

noun

A horizontal metal grill through which water, 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.

The water flowed through the grate in the sidewalk.

意味（1）

A horizontal metal grill through which water, ash, or small objects can fall, while larger objects cannot.

The grate stopped the sheep from escaping from their field.

意味（2）

A frame or bed, or kind of basket, of iron bars, for holding fuel while burning.

意味（3）

(historical) A grapper, a metal ring on a lance behind the grip.

Lances (only shown at Stoke D'Abernon) were commonly made of ash, about 13 feet long. A ring of metal (grate or grapper) was fastened to the shaft and during a fight[…]