colander

Meaning

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

Synonyms

strainer

sieve

filter

cullender

sifter

seive

screen

grating

drainer

tea strainer

water filter

filtrum

rice-strainer

filter apparatus

Translations

passoire

vergiet

colador

Sieb

colino

passador

kevgir

Durchschlag

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σουρωτήρι

süzgeç

escurridor

coador

τρυπητό

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈkɒlɪndə(ɹ)/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: colyndore

Cognate with Middle English: culdor

Cognate with Italian: colino

Cognate with Spanish: colador

In summary

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.