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# grater

noun (a grater, graters)

«grater» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

A kitchen tool with many small sharp-edged holes, used to grate cheese, vegetables or other food into small pieces. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grater/#m1)

### In the lessons

In cooking and food technology lessons it is a basic kitchen tool; a «box grater» has four sides with different hole sizes, a «fine grater» or «zester» makes tiny bits. Safety lesson: the holes are sharp, so hold the food firmly, keep fingers clear and stop when the piece gets small.

### Examples

- Pass me the cheese grater, please. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grater/#x1)
- Our grater has four sides with different holes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grater/#x2)
- Use the fine side of the grater for lemon peel. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grater/#x3)
- I cut my finger on the grater once, so now I go slowly. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grater/#x4)
- Wash the grater with a brush, not your hand. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grater/#x5)
- Dad grated the potatoes on the big grater for hash browns. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grater/#x6)

### Note

Do not mix up with «greater» (bigger, more), which sounds the same: «5 is greater than 3», but «the cheese grater». Countable: «a grater, two graters». The «-er» ending here means «a tool that does it», like «opener», «peeler».

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «grater» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grater/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«grater» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/grater.html) on Mova free.