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cheesegrater

cheesegrater is the alternative spelling of cheese grater.

Meaning of cheese grater

Noun

cheese grater (plural cheese graters)

  1. A kitchen implement with small holes, used for grating cheese and sometimes other food such as carrots.
    • Modern cheese graters have more than one side so the cheese can be sliced in different ways.
    Synonyms:
    grater
  2. A woodworking tool for rapidly removing wood from a surface.
    Synonyms:
    surform
  3. (Cockney, slang) A waiter.

Forms of cheesegrater

pluralcheesegraters

Questions about cheesegrater

What is cheesegrater the alternative spelling of?
Cheesegrater is the alternative spelling of cheese grater.

Words near cheesegrater in the dictionary

  1. cheesedick
  2. cheesedicks
  3. Cheesefare
  4. cheesefest
  5. cheesefests
  6. cheesegrater
  7. cheesegraters
  8. cheesehamburger
  9. cheesehamburgers
  10. cheesehead
  11. cheeseheads

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