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KOL-uh-nd-uh/ˈkɒləndə/

A colander is a bowl with holes for draining water from pasta, vegetables, or similar food. A sieve has a finer mesh; a bowl holds liquid. Food tech: drain the pasta in the colander; the sink is not a strainer on its own.

Meaning

A bowl with holes for draining water from pasta, vegetables, or similar food.

Examples

• “Drain the pasta in the colander; the food-tech sink is not a strainer on its own.”
• “A colander in boarding breakfast is for fruit wash; a mug is not a drain for berries.”

Good to know

a colander. Contrast: a sieve / a bowl. Food tech / boarding. Countable. Mix-up: to strain is the verb; the bowl with holes is a colander.

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