Colander
"Colander" in a Sentence (11 examples)
No, you may not put the colander on your head; you can be an astronaut after I drain the pasta.
Drain the pasta into the colander.
Let it drain in a colander.
I have to buy a new colander.
Wearing a pasta colander on one's head is one of the symbols of Pastafarianism.
The colander is recognized in the Czech Republic and New Zealand as religious headgear.
It leaks like a colander.
Ziri asked Rima if he could borrow her colander.
The pasta strainer or colander, what Italians call a colapasta, is a must in every Italian and Italian-American kitchen.
After boiling the pasta, you should drain it in a colander.
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."
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