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grater - 3 dictionary results

grat⋅er

[grey-ter]
–noun
1. a person or thing that grates.
2. any of various kitchen devices for grating food: a cheese grater.

Origin:
1400–50; late ME. See grate 2 , -er 1
grat·er   (grā'tər)   
n.  One that grates, as an implement with sharp-edged slits and perforations on which to grate foods.

Grater

Grat"er\, a. [From Qrate, v.] One who, or that which, grates; especially, an instrument or utensil with a rough, indented surface, for rubbing off small particles of any substance; as a grater for nutmegs.
Language Translation for : grater
Spanish: rallador,
German: die Reibe,
Japanese: おろし金
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