cheese grater

noun

A kitchen implement with small holes, used for grating cheese and sometimes other food such as carrots.

“Modern cheese graters have more than one side so the cheese can be sliced in different ways.”

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gratersurform
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Meanings

nouncheese grater (plural cheese graters)

plural cheese graters · alternative cheesegrater · alternative cheese-grater

  1. A kitchen implement with small holes, used for grating cheese and sometimes other food such as carrots.

    Modern cheese graters have more than one side so the cheese can be sliced in different ways.

    Synonyms: grater

  2. A woodworking tool for rapidly removing wood from a surface.

    Synonyms: surform

  3. CockneyslangA waiter.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA kitchen implement with small holes, used for grating cheese and sometimes other food such as carrots.

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grater

nounA woodworking tool for rapidly removing wood from a surface.

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surform

Translations

Ancient Greek τυρόκνηστις
  • τυρόκνηστις (turóknēstis)kitchen implement used for grating food products such as cheese
Catalan ratllador de formatge
  • ratllador de formatgekitchen implement used for grating food products such as cheese
Esperanto fromaĝraspililo
  • fromaĝraspililokitchen implement used for grating food products such as cheese
Finnish juustoraastin
  • juustoraastinkitchen implement used for grating food products such as cheese
French râpe à fromage
  • râpe à fromagekitchen implement used for grating food products such as cheese
German Käsereibe
  • Käsereibekitchen implement used for grating food products such as cheese
Turkish peynir rendesi
  • peynir rendesikitchen implement used for grating food products such as cheese
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cheese grater. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cheese%20grater

MLA

“cheese grater.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cheese%20grater. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cheese grater,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cheese%20grater.

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