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Note Counting Is So Tiresome Crossword Clue
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We've checked our database and believe the answer is
GRATING which was last seen in the The Guardian Cryptic crossword.
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We think the answer to this crossword clue is:
GRATING
Updated: October 14, 2023 by Nicoli Westwood
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About This Clues Answer
We think the answer is "GRATING" which means:
- noun
- • A barrier that has parallel or crossed bars blocking a passage but admitting air
- • A frame of iron bars to hold a fire
- • Optical device consisting of a surface with many parallel grooves in it; disperses a beam of light (or other electromagnetic radiation) into its wavelengths to produce its spectrum adjective satellite
- • Unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound verb
- • To furnish with grates; to protect with a grating or crossbars
- • To shred (things, usually foodstuffs), by rubbing across a grater
- • To make an unpleasant rasping sound, often as the result of rubbing against something
- • (by extension) to get on one's nerves; to irritate, annoy
- • (by extension) to annoy adjective
- • (typically of a voice) harsh and unpleasant.
- • Abrasive; tending to annoy.
An example sentence would be:
- • "The sound of a grating can be annoying."
- • "We need to replace the broken grating in the sidewalk."
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| The Guardian Cryptic29 Oct 2004 | Across 28 | |
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