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Surform

A surform tool (also surface-forming tool) features perforated sheet metal and resembles a food grater. A surform tool consists of a steel strip with holes punched out and the rim of each hole sharpened to form a cutting edge. The strip is mounted in a carriage or handle. Surform tools were called "cheese graters" decades before they entered the market…

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Surform

Nodes51
Edges50
Triples44
Avg. degree1.96
Density0.039216
Components1

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Surform

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related to history · 17
Surform → An, Australia, British, British Lead Mills Limited, Decker, Firth Cleveland Pty Ltd, Inc, It, September, Simmonds Aerocessories Ltd, Stanley Black, The, These, They, UK, United Kingdom, Wolverhampton England
related to Uses · 9
Surform → Compared, Even, In, No, Once, Stanley, They, This, Woodworker Sam Maloof
related to Types · 8
Surform → Although, Commission, Harmonized Tariff Schedule, Larger, There, They, United States, United States International Trade
related to External links · 5
Surform → Media, Surforms, Wikimedia Commons The, Wiktionary, Wiktionary-logo-en-v2
is a · 2
Surform → apparent portmanteau of, registered trademark of Stanley Black

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tools used surforms stanley kitchen tool also rasp plane files microplane first wood cheese shape sharpened graters perforated grater trademark

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Surformis aapparent portmanteau of0.90text
Surformis aregistered trademark of Stanley Black0.90text
one of the finest kitchen tools to come along in decadesinstance ofThis was soon followed by mentions0.80text
a miracle citrus zesterinstance ofThis was soon followed by mentions0.80text
hard cheese graterinstance ofThis was soon followed by mentions0.80text
Surformrelated to External linksWiktionary-logo-en-v20.60section
Surformrelated to External linksMedia0.60section
Surformrelated to External linksSurforms0.60section
Surformrelated to External linksWikimedia Commons The0.60section
Surformrelated to External linksWiktionary0.60section
Surformrelated to historyThe0.60section
Surformrelated to historyIt0.60section

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