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grater.

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

6 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈɡɹeɪtə/Received-Pronunciation/ˈɡɹeɪtɚ/US
  1. 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?
Where this word comes from

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

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