colander

C2 Topic:Cooking & Baking

Also spelled cullenders

US /ˈkɑləndɚ/ UK /ˈkɒləndə(ɹ)/ See IPA manual

Minimal pairs

Sounds like calendar /æ/ vs /ɑ/

Freq #54984

Meanings

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

Drain the pasta in a colander.

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.

Topics

Cooking & Baking Food & Drink Word Formation & Derivatives

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