grate
/ˈɡɹeɪt/ noun B2- A horizontal metal grill through which liquid, ash, or small objects can fall, while larger objects cannot. · The grate stopped the sheep from escaping from their field.
- A frame or bed, or kind of basket, of iron bars, for holding fuel while burning.
- A grapper, a metal ring on a lance behind the grip.
Plural grates
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“You see,” continued he, glancing toward the grate, where fragments of burnt paper fluttered in the flames, “the letter is destroyed; you and I alone know of its existence; should you, therefore, be questioned, deny all knowledge of it—deny it boldly, and you are saved.”
It was pleasantly warm and dimly lighted by the embers of a fire in the grate.
Holmes tore it open, and then with a bitter curse hurled it into the grate.
Only a few weeks ago she was cleaning out Sir Charles’s study—it had never been touched since his death—and she found the ashes of a burned letter in the back of the grate.
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