grater
/ˈɡreɪtə/
US pronunciation
American sound/ˈɡreɪtə/
grater
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
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- 1st syllable stress
- Vowel
- Schwa vowel
- Ending
- Final r is pronounced in US English
gra - ter -> grater
Myanmar meaning
(n) ခြစ်ခုံ။
Full entry
မီးခံသံဘောင်။ a fire burning in the grate.
၁။ ~ sth (into sth) (သခွားသီး၊ အုန်း သီးစသည်ကို ခြစ်ခုံတွင်) ခြစ်သည်။ Grate the carrot finely/ into small pieces. ❍ grated cheese/ lemon rind ❍ Grate the nutmeg into the mixture/ over the pudding.
၂။ (က) ပွတ်တိုက်မိခြင်းဖြင့် အသံကျယ်လောင်စွာ မြည်သည်။ The hinges grated as the gate swung back. ❍ The wheels grated against/ on the edge of the pavement. (ခ) ~ (on sb/ sth) နားမခံသာဖြစ်စေသည်။ His whining voice grates on my ears/ nerves. ❍ It's her ingratitude that grates on me.
❏ grater n ခြစ်ခုံ။ a cheese grater.
❏ grating adj နားမခံသာဖြစ်စေသော။ နားကလောသော။ her grating voice.
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annoy, irritate, aggravate, exasperate, peeve, vex, abrade, bark, bray, burn, chafe, file, fray, fret, gall, get on one's nerves, gravel, grid, grill, grille, grind, grind down, irk, lattice, mince, nettle, pierced screen, pique, pound, provoke, pulverize, rankle, rasp, raze, rile, rub, rub the wrong way, scrape, scratch, screen, scuff, shred, skin, trellis, triturate, vent
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