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Added 9 October 2026

grater

/ˈɡɹeɪtə/ noun

In Latin: rādula Wiktionary

noun Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about grater at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

a tool with which one grates, especially foods such as cheese, to facilitate getting small particles or shreds off a solid lump
I'm making coleslaw; do you know where the grater is?

Origin

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

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