Grating sound Crossword Clue

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Grating sound Crossword Answer

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(noun)
1. uttering in an irritated tone
2. a coarse file with sharp pointed projections
(verb)
1. scrape with a rasp
2. utter in a grating voice

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

SOUND (noun)
1. (phonetics) an individual sound unit of speech without concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme of some language
2. the subjective sensation of hearing something
SOUND (adjective)
1. logically valid
2. having legal efficacy or force
SOUND (verb)
1. measure the depth of (a body of water) with a sounding line
2. make a certain noise or sound
GRATING (adjective)
1. unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound
GRATING (noun)
1. 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
2. a barrier that has parallel or crossed bars blocking a passage but admitting air

Hint 3: Anagram

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