noun
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a kitchen utensil with sharp-edged perforations for grating carrots, cheese, etc
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a person or thing that grates
Etymology
Origin of grater
Example Sentences
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Handcrafted from an 18th-century original, this grater nestles neatly in a bowl for shredding cheese or vegetables.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 20, 2025
The wiring diagram was made by slicing up a fly brain using what is essentially a microscopic cheese grater, photographing each of the 7,000 slices and digitally putting them altogether.
From BBC • Oct. 2, 2024
The exhaustive fights, coordinated by Dawid Szatarski and which include nightmarish use of a cheese grater, are designed in the extended-play style that “Oldboy” dynamically ushered in.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 25, 2024
This method works with anything with holes, such as a straw hat, a strainer, a cheese grater or even a perforated spoon.
From New York Times • Apr. 7, 2024
Three fellows put on thick gloves to protect their fingers against the grater, two others peel the potatoes, and the business gets going.
From "All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel" by Erich Maria Remarque
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