grating

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When these strips are positioned closer together than the wavelength of light, the grating can act like a near-perfect mirror while also holding the light inside a very small volume.

From Science Daily • Apr. 5, 2026

This widens the gap with Grana Padano, a competitor with less stringent production rules, as well as other cheeses meant for grating.

From Barron's • Mar. 26, 2026

"There's a grating that keeps getting covered in leaves and branches, it's never getting emptied so water comes over the top and just floods straight through."

From BBC • Jan. 27, 2026

Or maybe you love what a little ginger does to soups or oatmeal but resent the peeling and grating it demands.

From Salon • Jan. 5, 2026

The boats cracked loudly against the ice, grating and scraping on the edge of the floe.

From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong