Meaning & use
colander
A bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes, used to drain liquid from food.
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She poured the boiling pasta into a colander to drain the water.
Rinse the berries in a colander before adding them to the salad.
A note on using this word
A colander has larger holes than a sieve, which is meant for finer straining, such as removing lumps from flour.
Words with a similar meaning
strainersieve
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