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Vinony

grater

noun

  1. tool to grate something
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈɡɹeɪtə/ / /ˈɡɹeɪtɚ/

name

Etymology: Two main origins: * From Old French grateor (“one who grates”), hence possibly an occupational surname for a furbisher. * Borrowed from German Gräter, an occupational surname for a worker in a granary or warehouse, from Middle High German grede (“granary, warehouse”).

  1. A surname.

noun

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

  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?”

    “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.”