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grating scrape blunt rim slippery

grating

grat·ing1 /ˈɡreɪtɪŋ/ noun [countable]

a metal frame with bars across it, used to cover a window or hole:

  • Leaves clogged the grating over the drain.

scrape

scrape1 /skreɪp/ verb

  1. [transitive] to remove something from a surface using the edge of a knife, a stick etc:
    • Scrape the carrots and slice them thinly.
    • scrape something away/off
      • The earth was scraped away to uncover a trapdoor.
    • scrape something off/into etc something
      • Teresa scraped the mud off her boots.
      • The two of them scraped their dishes clean.

blunt

blunt1 /blʌnt/ adjective

  1. not sharp or pointed OPP sharp:
    • Sharpen all your blunt knives.
    • a blunt pencil

rim

rim1 /rɪm/ noun [countable]

  1. the outside edge of something circular
    • rim of
      • the rim of a glass
      • plates with a gold band around the rim

slippery

slip·per·y /ˈslɪpəri/ adjective

  1. something that is slippery is difficult to hold, walk on etc because it is wet or GREASY:
    • In places, the path can be wet and slippery.
    • Harry’s palms were slippery with sweat.