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ˈgrater
/ ˈɡreɪtə /
noun
- a kitchen utensil with sharp-edged perforations for grating carrots, cheese, etc
- a person or thing that grates
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Stocking Stuffers: Under $25 Microplane grater Every year I lead off with this, and why not?
I have to admit that in the beginning of my potato pancake-making career, I used a box grater.
If you do not have a food processor, grate by hand on a box grater.
More like the noise of powdering an iron bar on a nutmeg-grater, suggested Brittle.
And as all the others had the obvious things—such as a nutmeg-grater or a neck of mutton, or a nomlette—my five won easily.
To prepare an onion in this way, peel it, cut off a crosswise slice, and then grate the onion on a grater over a shallow dish.
Then Lockley looked down at the cheese grater-pocket radio device of his own manufacture.
For his purpose he carried the strangest of equipment, a device made of a pocket radio and a cheese grater.
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