Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with perforations for draining off liquids and rinsing food.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A perforated hemispherical vessel used in casting shot.
- noun 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.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun 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.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A bowl-shaped
kitchen utensil with holes in it used fordraining food such aspasta .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun bowl-shaped strainer; used to wash or drain foods
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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Place the plumped lentils in colander and fold the cloth over them.
Archive 2005-06-01 Nupur 2005
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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.
World's Best Tzatziki Sauce Recipe - Greek Yogurt and Cucumber Sauce Kalyn Denny 2007
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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.
Archive 2007-07-01 Kalyn Denny 2007
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I prefer a colander, which is also good for straining spagetti though one should remove it from your head first.
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I prefer a colander, which is also good for straining spagetti though one should remove it from your head first.
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I prefer a colander, which is also good for straining spagetti though one should remove it from your head first.
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I prefer a colander, which is also good for straining spagetti though one should remove it from your head first.
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I prefer a colander, which is also good for straining spagetti though one should remove it from your head first.
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I prefer a colander, which is also good for straining spagetti though one should remove it from your head first.
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I prefer a colander, which is also good for straining spagetti though one should remove it from your head first.
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