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grater

[ grey-ter ]

noun

  1. a person or thing that grates. grate.
  2. any of various kitchen devices for grating grate grating food:

    a cheese grater.



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noun

  1. a kitchen utensil with sharp-edged perforations for grating carrots, cheese, etc
  2. a person or thing that grates
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of grater1

1400–50; late Middle English. See grate 2, -er 1
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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.

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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.

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This method works with anything with holes, such as a straw hat, a strainer, a cheese grater or even a perforated spoon.

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She goes back to the kitchen, slides the lettuce into a bowl, and turns the grater on the cheese.

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After a week’s time, he could make pepper boxes and graters from scraps of tin.

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