Grated cheese (or shredded cheese in the United States) is a type of cheese that has gone through the process of being grated. Typically, aged hard cheeses are used for this purpose. A hand grater can be used to manually grate the cheese, or cheese can be bought already grated. Commercially produced grated cheeses are often blends of more than one...
[n] - hard or semihard cheese grated
noun hard or semihard cheese grated