You might not need a grater if you have good knife skills.
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Grater
//ˈɡɹeɪtə//
Synonyms for "grater" (23 found)
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Closest matches (5)
Strong matches (7)
Related words (11)
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2 entriesderived
3 entriesderived from
1 entriesetymologically related_to
1 entriesis a
1 entriesrelated to
3 entriesTranslations
92 translations across 66 languages.
Ancient Greek
2 entries- κατάνη noun (a tool with which one grates)
- κνῆστις noun (a tool with which one grates)
Arabic
2 entries- حكاكة noun (a tool with which one grates)
- مِبْشَرَة noun (a tool with which one grates)
Armenian
1 entries- քերիչ noun (a tool with which one grates)
Azerbaijani
2 entries- rəndə noun (a tool with which one grates)
- sürtgəc noun (a tool with which one grates)
Bashkir
1 entries- ҡырғыс noun (a tool with which one grates)
Belarusian
1 entries- та́рка noun (a tool with which one grates)
Bulgarian
2 entries- ренде noun (a tool with which one grates)
- стъргало noun (a tool with which one grates)
Catalan
1 entries- ratllador noun (a tool with which one grates)
Chinese
1 entries- 菜礤 noun (a tool with which one grates)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 擦子 noun (a tool with which one grates)
- 擦菜板 noun (a tool with which one grates)
- 礤 noun (a tool with which one grates)
- 礤床 noun (a tool with which one grates)
Czech
1 entries- struhadlo noun (a tool with which one grates)
Danish
1 entries- rivejern noun (a tool with which one grates)
Dutch
1 entries- rasp noun (a tool with which one grates)
Esperanto
2 entries- kuireja raspilo noun (a tool with which one grates)
- raspilo noun (a tool with which one grates)
Estonian
1 entries- riiv noun (a tool with which one grates)
Faroese
1 entries- rívijarn noun (a tool with which one grates)
Finnish
3 entries- raastin noun (a tool with which one grates)
- raastinrauta noun (a tool with which one grates)
- riivinrauta noun (a tool with which one grates)
French
1 entries- râpe noun (a tool with which one grates)
Georgian
1 entries- სახეხელა noun (a tool with which one grates)
German
2 entries- Küchenreibe noun (a tool with which one grates)
- Reibe noun (a tool with which one grates)
Greek
1 entries- τρίφτης noun (a tool with which one grates)
Gujarati
1 entries- છીણી noun (a tool with which one grates)
Hebrew
4 entries- מגרדה noun (a tool with which one grates)
- מגרדת noun (a tool with which one grates)
- מגררת noun (a tool with which one grates)
- פֻּמְפִּיָּה noun (a tool with which one grates)
Hindi
1 entries- कद्दूकस noun (a tool with which one grates)
Hungarian
1 entries- reszelő noun (a tool with which one grates)
Hunsrik
1 entries- Rappeise noun (a tool with which one grates)
Icelandic
1 entries- rifjárn noun (a tool with which one grates)
Ingrian
1 entries- törkkä noun (a tool with which one grates)
Italian
1 entries- grattugia noun (a tool with which one grates)
Japanese
1 entries- 卸し金 noun (a tool with which one grates)
Kazakh
1 entries- үккіш noun (a tool with which one grates)
Korean
1 entries- 강판 noun (a tool with which one grates)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- сүргүч noun (a tool with which one grates)
Latin
1 entries- rādula noun (a tool with which one grates)
Lithuanian
1 entries- trintuvė noun (a tool with which one grates)
Luxembourgish
1 entries- Rapp noun (a tool with which one grates)
Macedonian
1 entries- ренде noun (a tool with which one grates)
Maltese
1 entries- ħakkieka noun (a tool with which one grates)
Norman
1 entries- grattise noun (a tool with which one grates)
Northern Kurdish
1 entries- rêşker noun (a tool with which one grates)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- rasp noun (a tool with which one grates)
- rivjern noun (a tool with which one grates)
Norwegian Nynorsk
2 entries- rivjarn noun (a tool with which one grates)
- rivjern noun (a tool with which one grates)
Persian
1 entries- رنده noun (a tool with which one grates)
Polish
1 entries- tarka noun (a tool with which one grates)
Portuguese
1 entries- ralador noun (a tool with which one grates)
Romanian
1 entries- răzătoare noun (a tool with which one grates)
Russian
1 entries- тёрка noun (a tool with which one grates)
Samogitian
1 entries- tarka noun (a tool with which one grates)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- sgrìoban noun (a tool with which one grates)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- ribež noun (a tool with which one grates)
- rènde noun (a tool with which one grates)
- trènica noun (a tool with which one grates)
- рибеж noun (a tool with which one grates)
Sicilian
2 entries- grattarola noun (a tool with which one grates)
- grattarura noun (a tool with which one grates)
Slovak
2 entries- strúhadlo noun (a tool with which one grates)
- strúhatko noun (a tool with which one grates)
Slovene
1 entries- rende noun (a tool with which one grates)
Spanish
2 entries- rallador noun (a tool with which one grates)
- ralladora noun (a tool with which one grates)
Swedish
1 entries- rivjärn noun (a tool with which one grates)
Tagalog
1 entries- gadgaran noun (a tool with which one grates)
Tajik
1 entries- турбтарошак noun (a tool with which one grates)
Tatar
2 entries- кыргыч noun (a tool with which one grates)
- угыч noun (a tool with which one grates)
Turkish
1 entries- rende noun (a tool with which one grates)
Ukrainian
2 entries- те́ртка noun (a tool with which one grates)
- терту́шка noun (a tool with which one grates)
Unami
1 entries- lalhakokàn noun (a tool with which one grates)
Uzbek
1 entries- qirgʻich noun (a tool with which one grates)
Vietnamese
1 entries- bàn mài noun (a tool with which one grates)
Waray-Waray
1 entries- kaguran noun (a tool with which one grates)
Yiddish
1 entries- ריב אייזן noun (a tool with which one grates)
Zazaki
1 entries- rınde (diq) noun (a tool with which one grates)
Sample sentences
12 total sentences available.
Do you need a grater?
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She sent a man on horseback to borrow a cheese grater from the neighboring Mongol encampment.
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Listening to her vocals is like running a cheese grater against my brain.
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