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Colander

//ˈkɑləndɚ// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food that has been cooking in water, such as pasta.

    "An electric fire came next, followed by an umbrella and then a colander. "This bowl will carry no water," he muttered. "Some loon hath pierced it with holes.""

  2. 2
    bowl-shaped strainer; used to wash or drain foods wordnet

Etymology

From Middle English colyndore, coloundour, colonur, variants of Middle English culdor, culdore, culatre, ultimately from Latin cōlātōrium, from Latin cōlum. Cognates include Italian colino and Spanish colador.

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