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colanders

colanders is the plural of colander.

Meaning of colander

Noun

colander (plural colanders)

  1. 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

Phrases with colanders

Questions about colanders

What is colanders the plural of?
Colanders is the plural of colander.

Words near colanders in the dictionary

  1. Colalo
  2. colaminar
  3. colaminarity
  4. Colan
  5. colander
  6. colanders
  7. Colandrea
  8. Colandreas
  9. Colangelo
  10. Colangelos
  11. colanguage

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