grater

Definition

a tool with which one grates, especially foods such as cheese, to facilitate getting small particles or shreds off a solid lump

Etymology

From Old French grateor. See grate. By surface analysis, grate (“to scrape, etc.”) + -er.

Example Sentences

• "I'm making coleslaw; do you know where the grater is?"
• "As she ran on her numerous errands Jessamy found that if she did not stop to think, she knew all kinds of odd little things that the other Jessamy must have learned, such as where the nutmeg grater lived, and which was the potato peeling knife."

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