grater

Pronunciation: /ˈɡɹeɪtə/

The English word “grater” has 1 meaning listed here.

noun

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

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

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