grater
(noun) utensil with sharp perforations for shredding foods (as vegetables or cheese)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
grater (plural graters)
a tool with which one grates, especially cheese, to facilitate getting small particles or shreds off a solid lump
• Trager, garret, garter
Source: Wiktionary
Grat"er, a. Etym: [From Qrate, v.]
Definition: One who, or that which, grates; especially, an instrument or utensil with a rough, indented surface, for rubbing off small particles of any substance; as a grater for nutmegs.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
27 April 2024
(adjective) remarkable or out of the ordinary in degree or magnitude or effect; “a great crisis”; “had a great stake in the outcome”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
