colander
Plural: colanders
Noun
- A perforated bowl used to drain water from food.
- bowl-shaped strainer; used to wash or drain foods
- A bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food that has been cooking in water, such as pasta.
Examples
- His hand of vowels felt like a COLANDER, with all the useful consonants draining away.
Origin / 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.
Synonyms
Scrabble Score: 11
colander: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordcolander: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
colander: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 14
colander: valid Words With Friends Word