cheese grater

See also: cheesegrater

English

Alternative forms

• cheesegrater, cheese-grater

Noun

cheese grater (plural cheese graters)

1. A kitchen implement used for grating food products (such as cheese and carrots).

   Synonym: grater

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

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

   Synonym: surform

Translations

kitchen implement used for grating food products such as cheese

• Esperanto: fromaĝraspililo
• Finnish: juustoraastin (fi)
• French: râpe à fromage f
• German: Käsereibe f
• Greek:

  Ancient: τυρόκνηστις f (turóknēstis)