Definition of "grater" []

• One that grates, as an implement with sharp-edged slits and perforations on which to grate foods. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "Was that a sharkskin grater with the real wasabi root?"
• "Our new cheese-grater is a transcendent experience."
• "At the end of the grater is a rubber bumper, that is kind of like a skid stopper."