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Colander definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

COLANDER, n. A vessel with a bottom perforated with little holes for straining liquors. In America, this name is given, I believe, exclusively to a vessel of tin, or other metal. In Great Britain, the name is given to vessels, like sieves, made with hair, osiers or twigs.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: bowl-shaped strainer; used to wash or drain foods [syn: colander, cullender]

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: Middle English colyndore, probably modification of Old Occitan colador, from Medieval Latin colatorium, from Latin colare to sieve, from colum sieve Date: 14th century a perforated utensil for washing or draining food

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. a perforated vessel used to strain off liquid in cookery. Etymology: ME, ult. f. L colare strain

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Colander Col"an*der, n. [L. colans, -antis, p. pr. of colare to filter, to strain, fr. colum a strainer. Cf. Cullis, Culvert.] A utensil with a bottom perforated with little holes for straining liquids, mashed vegetable pulp, etc.; a strainer of wickerwork, perforated metal, or the like.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(colanders) A colander is a container in the shape of a bowl with holes in it which you wash or drain food in. N-COUNT

Moby Thesaurus

bolter, clarifier, cradle, cribble, cribriformity, cribrosity, filter, grate, grating, honeycomb, lixiviator, net, percolator, porosity, porousness, purifier, refiner, refinery, riddle, rocker, screen, sieve, sievelikeness, sifter, sorter, sponge, strainer, winnow, winnowing basket, winnowing fan, winnowing machine