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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a grate" is correct and usable in written English, depending on the context.
It can be used when referring to a framework of metal bars or a device for holding fuel in a fireplace, or when discussing a type of cooking surface.
Example: "The chef placed the vegetables on a grate to allow them to cook evenly over the fire."
Alternatives: "a grill" or "a grid".
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Stepped on a grate, broke her ankle.
Pacing down the street, she pointed to a grate.
When it comes to cleaning a grate, don't bother with soap and water.
Air began hissing though a grate under the grain, like a giant hot-air corn popper.
His favorite element is fire — he can gaze at the flames in a grate for hours.
If you use a grate with wood, the heat escapes up the chimney".
"Our mother's stove was a hole in the ground over which she put a grate".
Like almost all his neighbors, he has placed a grate over his skylight.
She also said she nudged her husband to the side when they approached a grate while walking together.
Chaw dripped off a grate that creaked under the weight of paunched contractors and square-jawed cowboys.
Lignite also tends to disintegrate during combustion, and hence the losses through a grate may be relatively high.
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