rasp
Grating vocal sound
A rasp is a coarse file with raised points rather than ridges, used for shaping wood or other materials.
The word extends to any harsh, grating sound: His voice was a rasp after years of smoking.
To rasp is to scrape with such a tool, or to speak in a rough, grating way: She rasped out a warning.
Something that irritates may rasp on the nerves.
Shaping by cutting away
- chiselEdged carving implement
- gougeConcave carving blade
- shapingGiving something its form
- woodcarvingSculpting in timber
stone · relief · mallet · sculptor · sculpting · finishing · texturing · roughing
Rough in voice
- gravellyContaining small stones
- huskyRough-voiced or stocky
- scratchyRough and irritating
- croakyRough-sounding, like illness
throaty · guttural · gruff · breathy · wheezy · growly · crackly · smoky
Crossed bars or harsh
- harshUnpleasantly severe or rough
- stridentHarsh and piercing
- discordantLacking musical agreement
- jarringDisturbingly incongruous
scraping · grinding · screeching · abrasive · friction · metallic · squealing · shrill
carving
Shaping by cutting away
woodcarving · stone · relief · mallet · sculptor · sculpting · finishing · texturing · roughing · modeling
hoarse
Rough in voice
croaky · throaty · guttural · gruff · breathy · wheezy · growly · crackly · smoky · weathered
grating
Crossed bars or harsh
- harshUnpleasantly severe or rough
- stridentHarsh and piercing
- discordantLacking musical agreement
jarring · scraping · grinding · screeching · abrasive · friction · metallic · squealing · shrill · creaking
file
Stored collection of data
- woodworkingCraft of shaping lumber
- metalworkShaped metal objects
- carpentryWood construction trade
shaping · smoothing · sharpening · deburring · finishing · planing · scraper · grit · abrasion · handtool
chafe
Irritate by friction
abrade · fret · rub · friction · rawness · soreness · discomfort · inflame · aggravate · scrape
- woodworkingwoodworking, wood, saw, hammer, drill
- hardware storehammer, saw, screwdriver, wrench, pliers
- sculpturestatue, sculpture, sculptor, sculpting, bronze
- art studioeasel, easels, canvas, canvases, palette
- carpentry toolsframing square, carpenter's square, circular saw, claw hammer, tape measure
- confusionconfusion, confused, bewilderment, perplexity, baffled
- raspy voiceHarsh, scratchy speech quality
- black raspberriesDark purple bramble drupelets
- wood raspToothed tool for shaping timber