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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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
I reach for lemon so often that a box grater simply doesn’t cut it.
From Salon ● Apr. 21, 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
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
His voice sounded raw, like it had been run against a grater.
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
But Peter Miller Books also sells cheese graters.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 22, 2023
Hanukkah, the Jewish celebration of light, is just around the corner and you can bet we're breaking out the frying pans, potato graters, and tons of oil.
From Salon ● Nov. 27, 2021
As for the Magimix 2000 food processor, my mum passed that to me about 25 years ago, along with the blade, graters and various other attachments.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 5, 2021
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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