grate

"You can grate it, it's salty, it has a nice texture, it can be added to pasta. And it's just really cool to see… the fermentation can help it become delicious."

From BBC ● Jun. 4, 2026

"If you just need to grate some cheese over pasta, there are alternatives," she said.

From Barron's ● Mar. 26, 2026

A grate of orange zest — carrot and citrus are conspirators this time of year.

From Salon ● Mar. 1, 2026

You can use it as is or grate ginger into it.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 11, 2026

It was very clean and neat: the ornamental windows were hung with little white curtains; the floor was spotless; the grate and fire-irons were burnished bright, and the fire burnt clear.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë

Metal grates and sandbags were used to prevent debris from floating into storm drains.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2026

The next day is deep-clean Monday, when First Watch dishwashers scrub coffee urns and the greasy grates where bacon sizzles.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 12, 2026

What grates with a lot of people in the game is that they are not asked what they think the problem is with VAR.

From BBC ● Mar. 6, 2026

Though all of the back-and-forth between Celeste and Johannes grates the viewer as it circles the drain, Charli, Zamiri and Brandes are aiming and firing at a very real and expanding phenomenon.

From Salon ● Feb. 8, 2026

She peered at the other end of the massive hall; there were a few other grates just below the ceiling, though she could see no other squinting eyes beyond their ornate metalwork.

From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas

I like making homemade cottage cheese tzatziki with grated cucumbers, diced mint, fresh dill, extra-virgin olive oil, garlic powder and salt.

From Salon ● May 24, 2026

Finish with a generous dollop of ricotta and shower with freshly grated Parmigiano.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 19, 2026

In 2023, an American business marketing grated cheese was caught by the Consorzio’s enforcers using the word Parmesan at a German food fair.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 6, 2026

Freshly grated wasabi is prepared tableside, a small touch that makes each bite even more memorable.

From Salon ● Mar. 7, 2026

As the train grated over the tracks its rhythm seemed to be, college-college-college.

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith

Working, after all, is how a majority of people must spend most of their waking hours, and toiling away in an industry or at a position you find grating will undoubtedly make you miserable.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 22, 2026

None of these middling elements would be particularly grating if it weren’t so apparent that “Cars” had an ulterior capitalist motive.

From Salon ● Jun. 6, 2026

He looked through the door and was able to see a grating sitting on top of other gratings - leaving a void with the North Sea below it.

From BBC ● May 18, 2026

Going the opposite way, Justin Theroux, as the Jeff Bezos-like billionaire with the sensibility of an oaf, is awful from the start and his schtick gets more grating the more he presses.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 29, 2026

A square opening near the foot of the wall, in which an iron grating hung loosely, was letting a stream of water spill out and fall in a steady arc.

From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman