(a.) One who, or that which, grates; especially, an instrument or utensil with a rough, indented surface, for rubbing off small particles of any substance; as a grater for nutmegs.
Example Sentences:
(1) He locked horns with the architect again in 2008, using Rogers' 44-storey "cheese grater" tower in the City of London to warn that historic cities were being wrecked.
(2) I use the wide side of the grater or the mandolin for this, although those with better knife skills than me should be able to do a good job of it that way.
(3) Today, London's skyline is dominated by such sights as the Cheese-grater in Leadenhall, the Walkie-talkie in Fenchurch Street, the Gherkin in Aldgate and the Razor at Elephant and Castle.
(4) DL-methinionine in the diet of cows for the first months of lactation leads to grater amounts of milk of higher quality as well as to improving the health of the animals.
(5) The majority of the compounds showed clear antagonist activity towards BaCl2, histamine and acetylcholine contracting responses, generally grater than that of papaverine; on the contrary, their antagonist activity towards 5-HT responses was slightly lower.
(6) On the other hand, the patients who had undergone muscle release had, to grater or lesser extent, disturbances of the range of movement.
(7) Try Auctionstealer , an online tool which bids for you at the last nanosecond, meaning you can watch The Cube while simultaneously winning a grater.
(8) "Russia is already paying a serious price for its actions," William Hague assured the house, the extra helium in his cheese-grater voice an indication of his own gravity.
(9) Although the two-year-olds' extent of exploration and amount of time spent in a playroom were significantly grater when their mother was present than when an unfamiliar person was present, the grandmother's functional characteristics were on an intermediate level between those of the mother and those of the unfamiliar person.
(10) • Prominent in this list are kitchen implements like cheese graters and bottle openers; if you want to make it a bit more fun then you can get various novelty themed equipment .
(11) This paper describes a simple method of obtaining cancellous graft from femoral heads, either allograft or autograft, with "cheese grater" type acetabular reamers.
(12) Roughly grate the eggs on the large holes of the grater, then grate the garlic on the fine side.
(13) The effect of the dnaA mutation was grater on plasmid DNA synthesis than on host chromosomal DNA synthesis.
(14) Out of 49 cases, histologic diagnosis of chronic diffuse lymphocytic thyroiditis was established in nine patients (18%) but the frequency of the appearance of this autoimmune disease may well be grater because a relatively small number of patients underwent the operation.
(15) Epinephrine and insulin increased glucose uptake in Planaria, but epinephrine did so to a much grater extent.
(16) They were quickly alerted to the fact that the Japanese generally do not eat cheese or mashed potatoes during a presentation, leaving the potato masher and grater largely redundant - although the brand has proved particularly successful there and in the US out of the 105 countries they now sell in, mostly through third-party distributors.
(17) Just as the distinctively named Shard of Glass, the Helter Skelter, the Cheese- grater and the Walkie Talkie are being erected across the City, the architect who created the eye-catching Gherkin has declared the London skyscraper building boom is nearing its end.
Grazer
Definition:
(n.) One that grazes; a creature which feeds on growing grass or herbage.
Example Sentences:
(1) The ciliates were found in the colon of three of these free-living hindgut-fermenting grazers that were shot in widely spaced districts in southern Africa.
(2) Grazer's first task will now be to secure the services of a new host, though there is no huge rush – Oscars MCs have, in the past, been announced as late as January for a ceremony that usually takes place in late February or early March.
(3) I do love reading books, watching films, listening to music, but it tends to all come back to what I do.” (A big movie fan, he counts Alex Garland, who directed the recent AI film Ex Machina , as a friend; and mentions that he’s just had a meeting with the US film producer Brian Grazer, a “really cool guy”, in which they talked about, you guessed it, AI.)
(4) In the same 12-year period, we also performed abdominoplasty in 108 patients, using the Pitanguy and the Grazer procedures.
(5) Ironically, the man who stepped into Ratner's shoes was one of his Tower Heist producers, Brian Grazer; as yet, there's no word on Murphy's replacement, but traction is gaining for the Muppets , who have a new movie in production.
(6) In summer, they decline after exhausting nutrients or being eaten by ocean grazers.
(7) These ‘grazers’ are leading a major shift in shopping habits, which marks a return to the way people used to shop before the advent of larger supermarkets.” Murrells is fighting to turn around the fortunes of the Co-op’s grocery stores – a key plank in the reinvention of the troubled Co-operative Group , which includes food, insurance and funeral care businesses.
(8) "It's very gratifying to be part of a show that honours excellence in the medium to which I have devoted so much of my career," said Grazer, who will work with Oscars veteran Don Mischer.
(9) "Brian Grazer is a renowned film-maker who over the past 25 years has produced a diverse and extraordinary body of work," Academy president Tom Sherak said.
(10) A further distinction has been made between grazing animals, e.g., cattle, sheep, horses, and non-grazers such as swine and poultry.
(11) Grazer, who won a best film statue in 2002 as a producer of A Beautiful Mind, worked with both Ratner and Murphy on the film Tower Heist, and appears to have been recruited by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences because of his working relationship with the latter.
(12) The Oscar-winning producer Brian Grazer has stepped in to host the 2012 Academy Awards following the departure of Brett Ratner and host Eddie Murphy in a damaging 24-hour period for the world's most famous film ceremony.
(13) Portland's food carts have fed millions, launched careers and contributed to urban regeneration: a no-go square once known as "crack park" is now full of happy lunchtime grazers.
(14) The anatomy of the lechwe stomach is similar to the stomachs of other water dependent grazers such as Bohor Reedbuck, Waterbuck, Uganda Kob and Puku.