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
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Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of grater
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This inner surface was covered with small teeth called denticles, forming a rough grinding area similar to a cheese grater.
From Science Daily ● May 1, 2026
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
She comes back a couple of times a week, picking through the ash to look for things from a past life: cup, cracked plate, cheese grater, mixing bowl.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 9, 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
A chipped crockery bowl appeared from the pantry, alongside the butter and eggs and milk and the sugar loaf and the nutmeg grater and the small amber flask.
From "Chains" by Laurie Halse Anderson
The newly designed tapered glass jar is meant to be saved: It’s emblazoned with screen-printed graphics of kitchen tools created by Auge Design — stylized potholders, graters, spoons, cups.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 1, 2023
A pile of sudsy dishes can pose a safety hazard as well, if the water obscures sharp objects such as knives or box graters.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 19, 2021
There are graters sold specifically for nutmeg that you can use, but I’ve found that my Microplane works just fine.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 1, 2021
What will it be like when he leaves at the end of the 2016 season; how will it thrive without its bow-tied overlord making pronouncements about box graters?
From Salon ● Nov. 17, 2015
After a week’s time, he could make pepper boxes and graters from scraps of tin.
From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis
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