colander
/ˈkɒləndə(ɹ)/US/ˈkɑləndɚ/
colander noun: a bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food that has been cooking in water, such as pasta.
Noun
colander (plural colanders)
- 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."1971, Richard Carpenter, Catweazle and the Magic Zodiac, Harmondsworth: Puffin Books, page 67
colander meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Kannada and Arabic
colander in Hindi
- a bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food such as pasta
- कोलंडर kolaṇḍar
colander in Tamil
- colander
- காம்புச்சல்லடை kāmpuccallaṭai
colander in Kannada
- ಸೋಸುವ ಪಾತ್ರೆ, ಚಾಲನಿ, ಜರಡಿ
colander in Arabic
- a bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food such as pasta
- مِصْفَاة miṣfāh
More languagesFewer languages
- colander in Malay
- penapis
- colander in Indonesian
- penapis
- colander in Persian
- آبکش âbkeš
- colander in Vietnamese
- giá lọc
Forms of colander
| plural | colanders |
|---|---|
| alternative form | cullender |
| alternative form | collinder |
Origin of colander
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.
Words formed from colander
Questions about colander
- What does colander mean?
- Colander means a bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food that has been cooking in water, such as pasta.
- What is colander in Hindi?
- Colander in Hindi is कोलंडर (kolaṇḍar). See Colander meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is colander?
- Colander is a noun.
- How do you pronounce colander?
- Colander is pronounced /ˈkɒləndə(ɹ)/ (UK).
- What is the plural of colander?
- The plural of colander is colanders.
Words near colander in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: colander (page history and authors); காம்புச்சல்லடை (Tamil) (page history and authors); colander (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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