Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

grater

/ˈɡɹeɪtɚ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 2.51 in modern English

Syllables: grater
IPA: /ˈɡɹeɪtɚ/

7

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

a tool with which one grates, especially foods such as cheese, to facilitate getting small particles or shreds off a solid lump

name

Example Sentences

"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."

Etymology

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

Origin

Source language: Old French

Word Breakdown

Root: grateor, Gräter, grede

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈɡɹeɪtɚ/
British English: /ˈɡɹeɪtə/

Inflected Forms

graters (plural)

Phrases

cheese grater coconut grater grater cake

Frequently Paired Words

surform zester

Homonyms

greater

Rhymes With

later greater creator traitor translator dictator waiter cater crater curator slater skater

Questions

How do you pronounce grater?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈɡɹeɪtɚ/.
What does grater mean?: a tool with which one grates, especially foods such as cheese, to facilitate getting small particles or shreds off a solid lump
Where does grater come from?: It is traced to Old French.

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