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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Origin of grater
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When the skin has collapsed into your palm like a deflated balloon, you lift the box grater and discover an almost implausible amount of ruby pulp underneath it.
From Salon ● Aug. 1, 2026
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
“I give in,” she says, taking the grater from Bubbe, “but only on one condition.”
From "A Place at the Table" by Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan
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
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
The tool is synonymous with Microplane, the brand most of us think of when it comes to rasp-style graters.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 15, 2019
Their surfaces are scattered with beakers, tubes, droppers, spoons, a set of mortars and pestles, and graters.
From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton
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