noun
grater
GRAY-tuh
noun
1
A kitchen tool with a rough, sharp-edged surface used to shred food such as cheese or vegetables into small pieces.
"Watch your fingers when using the grater."
How to Use Grater
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishA kitchen tool used to shred cheese, vegetables, and similar foods.
Common pairings
cheese grater
box grater
Word Forms
graters plural, Graters plural
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Etymology
From grate + -er, "the thing that grates".