Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with perforations for draining off liquids and rinsing food.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A vessel of hair, wicker, or metal, with a bottom, or bottom and sides, perforated with little holes to allow liquids to run off, as in washing vegetables or straining curds, separating the juices from fruits or the liquor from oysters, etc.; a strainer.
- n. A perforated hemispherical vessel used in casting shot.
Wiktionary
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. A utensil with a bottom perforated with little holes for straining liquids, mashed vegetable pulp, etc.; a strainer of wickerwork, perforated metal, or the like.
WordNet 3.0
- n. bowl-shaped strainer; used to wash or drain foods
Etymologies
- Middle English colyndore; probably from a Romance source akin to Old Provençal colador, strainer, from Vulgar Latin cōlātōr, from Latin cōlātus, past participle of cōlāre, to strain; see percolate.
Examples
“Place the plumped lentils in colander and fold the cloth over them.”
“Georgette recommends using two coffee filters inside a colander, which is placed inside a bowl to catch the liquid, or there are inexpensive mesh yogurt strainers you can buy.”
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“I prefer a colander, which is also good for straining spagetti though one should remove it from your head first.”
“He then shakes off the excess water and places the lettuce in a colander, which is sitting in a bowl to stop water going everywhere.”
“I was thinking 'colander' or we might just lump it with the sieves.”
“a colander is the soul of the ignorant, which is likewise full of holes, and therefore incontinent, owing to a bad memory and want of faith.”
“Having thus found the necessary ingredients, he scrapes the wourali vine and bitter root into thin shavings and puts them into a kind of colander made of leaves.”
“Add two handfuls peas, two handfuls fava beans and a colander of baby spinach; cook for 1 minute.”
“If you already have canned veggies with added salt in your pantry, simply drain the packing liquid through a colander and rinse the vegetable under cold water for around two minutes.”
“Rinse farro in a colander and place in a large bowl.”
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Kitchen Utensils
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