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🪚 A rough tool 🧀 A grater
rasper

rasper

6.2
A kitchen tool with a rough surface used to grate cheese or lemon peel
  • noun
  • /ˈræspər/
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  • A rasper is perfect for turning hard cheese into fine shreds for pasta.

Examples

  • The chef recommended a rasper for zesting lemons quickly and easily.

  • She used a rasper to grate fresh nutmeg over the dessert.

  • She used a rasper to grate the cheese.

  • The chef prefers a metal rasper for zesting.

  • She used a rasper to grate fresh nutmeg over the dessert.

  • A rasper is perfect for turning hard cheese into fine shreds for pasta.

  • The chef recommended a rasper for zesting lemons quickly and easily.

Synonyms

food processor
vsrasper
33 2.5

A kitchen machine with different blades that quickly cuts, mixes, or blends food

is a simple handheld tool used only for shredding by rubbing
grater
vsrasper
10 1.0

A kitchen tool with sharp holes for shredding cheese or vegetables

has a rough surface that shreds food into small pieces

How Fine

grater
10 1.0
rasper
6.2

Surface Forms

rasper singular
raspers plural

Morphology

rasper = rasp (transparent) = rasp + er

The kitchen utensil is straightforwardly named as something used to rasp or grate food, via the productive suffix '-er'.

Etymology

Rasper comes from an old word meaning 'to scrape', like the Italian raspare; a kitchen rasper scrapes food into fine pieces, which is why cooks use it for grating cheese or zesting lemons.