late 14c., "grill for cooking;" early 15c., "iron bars or cagework across a door or window," from Anglo-Latin (mid-14c.), from Old French grate or directly from Medieval Latin grat [..]

"to scrape, rub," late 14c. (implied in grated), from Old French grater "to scrape, scratch (out or off); erase; destroy, pull down" (Modern French gratter), from Frankish *kratton [..]

To shred with a handheld grater or food processor.

To rub on a grater that separates the food in various sizes of bits or shreds.

Grate [N]a network of brass for the bottom of the great altar of sacrifice ( Exodus 27:4 ; 35:16 ; Exodus 38:4 Exodus 38:5 Exodus 38:30 ).

Reduce (something, esp. food) to small shreds by rubbing it on a grater.

a frame of iron bars to hold a fire furnish with a grate; "a grated fireplace" a harsh rasping sound made by scraping something eat into: gnaw into; make resentful or angry; [..]

a framework of iron for holding a fire in a fireplace. The same word also means to rub something, such as a piece of cheese, against a rough surface to reduce it to small particles

a network of brass for the bottom of the great altar of sacrifice (Ex. 27:4; 35:16; 38:4, 5, 30).

To shred foods by rubbing them against an abrasive surface or tool (like a grater).

To finely shred something by rubbing it against a coarse or serrated edge.

freely, willingly, happily gratia : in order to, for the sake of, to

To break up a piece of food into smaller pieces by abrading it against a rough, irregular surface as in a hand grater or a food processor.

To shred food, such as cheese, into small pieces with the use of a grater.

or grill grate or gridiron. A frame with parallel rods or bars that hold food in a cooking environment. A football gridiron gets its name after the cooking gridiron. And they play the game with pigski [..]

To push food through a grater's smaller holes or through the smaller holes of a shredder attachment on a food processor. Not quite the same as shredding.

A Jamaican cooking technique to reduce a large piece of Jamaican food to small particles or thin shreds by rubbing it against a coarse, serrated surface, usually on a kitchen utensil called a grater. A Jamaican food processor fitted with the metal blade can also be used to reduce Jamaican food to small bits or, fitted with the shredding disc, to lo [..]

To rub hard-textured food against a grater (a tool with small, rough, sharp-edged holes) to reduce to fine particles.  Grating works best with firm foods; soft food (such as some cheeses) form clumps. [..]

To rub foods against a serrated surface to produce shredded or fine bits.

To reduce a large piece of food to coarse or fine threads by rubbing it against a rough, serrated surface, usually on a grater. A food processor, fitted with the appropriate blades, can also be used f [..]

To shred food into tiny pieces by rubbing against a grater.

To reduce to very fine particles, usually with a grater.

To change a solid food, such as cheese, into fine shreds by rubbing it against a hand grater or through the grating blade of a food processor.

To shred hard food by rubbing it against a grater.

To shred food, such as cheese, into small pieces with the use of a grater.

(n) a frame of iron bars to hold a fire(n) a harsh rasping sound made by scraping something(n) a barrier that has parallel or crossed bars blocking a passage but admitting air(v) furnish with a grate( [..]

ADV with pleasure/delight; agreeably| pleasantly; with gratitude| thankfully

a metal frame used to hold and contain burning fuel in a fireplace. Hearth

to reduce a larger piece of food to smaller particles by rubbing it against a coarse, serrated surface, either by the use of hand-grater or a food processor.

To grate is to break apart either a soft food such as cheese or a hard food such as carrots using a metal holder with different size holes called a grater, or by using an electric food processor on th [..]

Rub against a grater to cut into small shreds

to reduce a larger piece of food to smaller particles by rubbing it against a coarse, serrated surface, either by the use of hand-grater or a food processor.

To shave food into small shreds using a grater.

To reduce a food into small bits by rubbing it against the sharp teeth of a grating utensil.

A horizontal metal grill through which water, ash, or small objects can fall, while larger objects cannot. ''The grate stopped the sheep from escaping from their field.'' * Shakespeare *: a secr [..]

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