colander
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Definition of colander
1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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A bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food that has been cooking in water, such as pasta.
“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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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.
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7 words6-letter words
41 words- ACNODE 9 pts
- CANDLE 9 pts
- CANDOR 9 pts
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- CRADLE 9 pts
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