Dictionary

colander en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈkɒləndə(ɹ)/ (UK)
• /ˈkɔləndɚ/ (US)
• /ˈkɑləndɚ/ (US)
• (UK) audio

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.

Meanings

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:

Forms

Deriveds

sea colander

Hypernyms

strainer · sile · sieve

Relateds

coulee · percolate

Translations (87)

bg решето (a bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food such as pasta) · tr kevgir (a bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food such as pasta) · gsw Fättere (a bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food such as pasta) · bo ཚག (a bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food such as pasta) · de Seiher (a bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food such as pasta) · cy hidlwr (a bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food such as pasta) · mk цедалка (a bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food such as pasta) · pt passador (a bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food such as pasta) · nrf coul'rêsse (a bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food such as pasta) · sh cedilo (a bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food such as pasta) · ga síothlán (a bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food such as pasta) · gd sìoltachan (a bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food such as pasta) · fr passoire (a bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food such as pasta) · az kəfgir (a bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food such as pasta) · de Sieb (a bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food such as pasta) · id penapis (a bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food such as pasta) · da dørslag (a bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food such as pasta) · sl cedilo (a bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food such as pasta) · sh цедило (a bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food such as pasta) · es colador (a bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food such as pasta) · cmn 漏勺 (a bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food such as pasta) · ms penapis (a bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food such as pasta) · sh ђевђир (a bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food such as pasta) · fj lawalawa (a bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food such as pasta) · cs řešeto (a bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food such as pasta) · az süzgəc (a bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food such as pasta) · nl vergiet (a bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food such as pasta) · cy colandr (a bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food such as pasta) · ja 水切りボール (a bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food such as pasta) · hi कोलंडर (a bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food such as pasta) · el σουρωτήρι (a bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food such as pasta) · tr süzgeç (a bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food such as pasta) · scn scolapasta (a bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food such as pasta) · hy քամիչ (a bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food such as pasta) · ro strecurătoare (a bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food such as pasta) · cy hidl (a bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food such as pasta) · pt escorredor (a bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food such as pasta) · es zafra (a bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food such as pasta) · uk друшля́к (a bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food such as pasta) · ca escorredora (a bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food such as pasta) · uz chovli (a bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food such as pasta) · hu tésztaszűrő (a bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food such as pasta) · de Abtropfsieb (a bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food such as pasta) · it colino (a bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food such as pasta) · sh đevđir (a bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food such as pasta) · ru дуршла́г (a bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food such as pasta) · pt coador (a bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food such as pasta) · it colapasta (a bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food such as pasta) · pdt Säw (a bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food such as pasta) · cmn 漉鍋 /漉锅 (a bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food such as pasta) · ka თუშფალანგი (a bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food such as pasta) · de Durchschlag (a bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food such as pasta) · la cōlum (a bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food such as pasta) · mi tātari (a bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food such as pasta) · es escurridor (a bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food such as pasta) · fi lävikkö (a bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food such as pasta) · sv durkslag (a bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food such as pasta) · es coladero (a bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food such as pasta) · de Küchensieb (a bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food such as pasta) · bg гевгир (a bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food such as pasta) · nl verzijp (a bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food such as pasta) · it colabrodo (a bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food such as pasta) · sh цједило (a bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food such as pasta) · hu szűrő (a bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food such as pasta) · hy քամոց (a bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food such as pasta) · el τρυπητό (a bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food such as pasta) · cs cedník (a bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food such as pasta) · ja コランダー (a bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food such as pasta) · ar مِصْفَاة (a bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food such as pasta) · sk cedák (a bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food such as pasta) · no dørslag (a bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food such as pasta) · ota سوزكج (a bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food such as pasta) · is dörslag (a bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food such as pasta) · is sigti (a bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food such as pasta) · sk cedidlo (a bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food such as pasta) · sh cjedilo (a bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food such as pasta) · pdt Derchschlach (a bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food such as pasta) · pl durszlak (a bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food such as pasta) · hu szűrőedény (a bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food such as pasta) · cmn 濾器 /滤器 (a bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food such as pasta) · ko 소쿠리 (a bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food such as pasta) · pl cedzak (a bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food such as pasta) · fa آبکش (a bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food such as pasta) · vi giá lọc (a bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food such as pasta) · mi kumete tātari (a bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food such as pasta) · ota مصفات (a bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food such as pasta) · be друшля́к (a bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food such as pasta)