Grater Meaning
/ˈɡɹeɪtə/Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nouna tool with which one grates, especially foods such as cheese, to facilitate getting small particles or shreds off a solid lump
nameA surname.
Sentence Examples
You might not need a grater if you have good knife skills.
Do you need a grater?
Ziri asked Rima if he could borrow her grater.
CEFR Practice Quiz
He grabbed the kitchen ____ from the drawer to shred the vegetables.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
Please be careful when using the cheese ____, as the sharp edges can easily cut your fingertips.
Word Origin & History
From Old French grateor. See grate. By surface analysis, grate (“to scrape, etc.”) + -er.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"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."
— 1967, Barbara Sleigh, Jessamy, Sevenoaks, Kent: Bloomsbury, published 1993, →ISBN, page 115:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
He grabbed the kitchen ____ from the drawer to shred the vegetables.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
Please be careful when using the cheese ____, as the sharp edges can easily cut your fingertips.