grate
verb [T] (COOKING) /ɡreɪt/Definition
› to rub food against a grater in order to cut it into a lot of small pieces: grated cheesePreparing foodPreparing food using heat
(Definition of grate verb (COOKING) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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