Contact and joining

Synonyms for grate

One audited sense, one true synonym, and three words that come close enough to cost you the rung.

Tier 3, Ridgeline · 1 sense · verb · Reason line included

The senseverbTier 3, RidgelineContact and joining

make a grating or grinding sound by rubbing together

Grate one's teeth in anger.

The sentence the app shows, and the only thing that settles which meaning is meant.

The true synonym

grind

Same sentence, swapped: Grind one's teeth in anger.

Close but different

These are the other three tiles the game puts on screen for this sense. Each one is a real word with a real meaning, and none of them is a synonym for grate as it is used in the sentence above.

sliver
sunder
crook

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Closest first: other contact and joining words at Ridgeline, then the same tier across the rest of the library.

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