Hyphenation of grating

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word grating? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

grat-ing

Definitions of grating:

1.	A barrier that has parallel or crossed bars blocking a passage but admitting air
2.	A frame of iron bars to hold a fire
3.	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
4.	Unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound A gravelly voice

Synonyms of grating:

adj	gravel, gravelly, rasping, raspy, rough, cacophonous, cacophonic
noun	grate, barrier
noun	grate, framework, frame, framing
noun	diffraction grating, optical device

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Hyphenator

The hyphen is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. The use of hyphens is called hyphenation. The hyphen should not be confused with dashes, which are longer and have different uses, or with the minus sign, which is also longer in some contexts. Some words can be hyphenated in different places and you can use this website to find out where. Also reffered to as syllable counter and divider.