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
But what’s particularly grating is that this is not just a strategy to avoid bad reviews for as long as possible.
From Salon • Feb. 1, 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
His fingers made a soft grating noise with each invisible circle drawn around the perimeters of the boy’s head.
From "Krik? Krak!" by Edwidge Danticat
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