Dictionary

grater en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈɡɹeɪtɚ/ (US)
• grāt'ər (US)
• /ˈɡɹeɪtə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• (US) audio
• grāt'ə (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

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

Meanings

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. 1967, Barbara Sleigh, Jessamy, Sevenoaks, Kent: Bloomsbury, published 1993, →ISBN, page 115:

Forms

Deriveds

coconut grater · grater cake · cheese grater

Relateds

zester · surform

Translations (94)

vi bàn mài (a tool with which one grates) · nn rivjern (a tool with which one grates) · grc κατάνη (a tool with which one grates) · be та́рка (a tool with which one grates) · cs struhadlo (a tool with which one grates) · ru тёрка (a tool with which one grates) · la rādula (a tool with which one grates) · fi raastin (a tool with which one grates) · el τρίφτης (a tool with which one grates) · tl gadgaran (a tool with which one grates) · fr râpe (a tool with which one grates) · it grattugia (a tool with which one grates) · ky сүргүч (a tool with which one grates) · sk strúhadlo (a tool with which one grates) · tt кыргыч (a tool with which one grates) · sh рибеж (a tool with which one grates) · hy քերիչ (a tool with which one grates) · cmn 礤床 (a tool with which one grates) · uz qirgʻich (a tool with which one grates) · az rəndə (a tool with which one grates) · sh рѐнде (a tool with which one grates) · he פֻּמְפִּיָּה (a tool with which one grates) · sv rivjärn (a tool with which one grates) · cmn 礤 (a tool with which one grates) · fa رنده (a tool with which one grates) · nan-hbl 菜礤 (a tool with which one grates) · nb rivjern (a tool with which one grates) · sh ribež (a tool with which one grates) · es rallador (a tool with which one grates) · ja 卸し金 (a tool with which one grates) · uk терту́шка (a tool with which one grates) · nl rasp (a tool with which one grates) · mk ренде (a tool with which one grates) · cmn 擦菜板 (a tool with which one grates) · grc κνῆστις (a tool with which one grates) · unm lalhakokàn (a tool with which one grates) · nn rivjarn (a tool with which one grates) · kmr rêşker (a tool with which one grates) · bg ренде (a tool with which one grates) · war kaguran (a tool with which one grates) · ko 강판 (a tool with which one grates) · scn grattarura (a tool with which one grates) · az sürtgəc (a tool with which one grates) · bg стъргало (a tool with which one grates) · scn grattarola (a tool with which one grates) · ar مِبْشَرَة (a tool with which one grates) · es ralladora (a tool with which one grates) · ro răzătoare (a tool with which one grates) · fi riivinrauta (a tool with which one grates) · et riiv (a tool with which one grates) · hu reszelő (a tool with which one grates) · is rifjárn (a tool with which one grates) · he מגרדת (a tool with which one grates) · alt тёрко (a tool with which one grates) · yi ריב אייזן (a tool with which one grates) · gu છીણી (a tool with which one grates) · de Reibe (a tool with which one grates) · lt trintuvė (a tool with which one grates) · ary حكاكة (a tool with which one grates) · hi कद्दूकस (a tool with which one grates) · tg турбтарошак (a tool with which one grates) · mt ħakkieka (a tool with which one grates) · sh trènica (a tool with which one grates) · fo rívijarn (a tool with which one grates) · sh rènde (a tool with which one grates) · zza rınde (diq) (a tool with which one grates) · nb rasp (a tool with which one grates) · ba ҡырғыс (a tool with which one grates) · ka სახეხელა (a tool with which one grates) · eo raspilo (a tool with which one grates) · tt угыч (a tool with which one grates) · uk те́ртка (a tool with which one grates) · sk strúhatko (a tool with which one grates) · pl tarka (a tool with which one grates) · sgs tarka (a tool with which one grates) · pt ralador (a tool with which one grates) · kk үккіш (a tool with which one grates) · gd sgrìoban (a tool with which one grates) · fi raastinrauta (a tool with which one grates) · da rivejern (a tool with which one grates) · he מגרדה (a tool with which one grates) · tr rende (a tool with which one grates) · sl rende (a tool with which one grates) · eo kuireja raspilo (a tool with which one grates) · hrx Rappeise (a tool with which one grates) · he מגררת (a tool with which one grates) · ca ratllador (a tool with which one grates) · sh трѐница (a tool with which one grates) · izh törkkä (a tool with which one grates) · cmn 擦子 (a tool with which one grates) · gun kytya (a tool with which one grates) · lb Rapp (a tool with which one grates) · de Küchenreibe (a tool with which one grates) · nrf grattise (a tool with which one grates)