Grate and Vent

Grate

Grate noun - A harsh rasping sound made by scraping something.

Vent and grate are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Vent" instead a noun "Grate".

Nearby Words: grating, grated, grater

Vent

Vent noun - A hole for the escape of gas or air.

Grate and vent are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Grate" instead a noun "Vent".

Nearby Words: vented, venting, venter, ventage

Mutual synonyms

Common collocations

people grate people vent people
way grate way vent way
bit grate bit vent bit

Both words in one sentence

  • Air-Vent Passageway In The Journey of Natty Gann, Natty escapes from a reform school via some kind of vent which she gets into by removing a grate from the bottom of the bathroom wall.
  • Videogame / Outlast Then the Walrider comes out of nowhere, slams him against a few walls, and then violently sucks him through the grate of an air vent.
  • Film / Night at the Museum In SOTT, Jed and Octavius fall into an air vent and are sucked toward the vent's filters... and the camera pans out to show them stuck against the grate, with a very soft, mild breeze moving through the vents.
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