colander
pronunciation
How to pronounce colander in British English:
UK [ˈkʌləndə(r)]
How to pronounce colander in American English:
US [ˈkɑləndə(r)]
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- Noun:
- bowl-shaped strainer; used to wash or drain foods
Word Origin
- colander
- colander: [14] Colander probably comes ultimately from Latin colum ‘sieve’. From this was derived the verb cōlāre ‘strain’, which produced a Vulgar Latin noun *cōlātor. This is assumed to have passed into Old Provençal as colador, which appears to have been the source of early English forms such as culdor- and culatre. The n is a purely English innovation.=> percolate, portcullis
- colander (n.)
- mid-14c., coloundour, probably altered from Medieval Latin colatorium "strainer" (with parasitic -n-) from Latin colatus, past participle of colare "to strain," from colum "sieve, strainer, wicker fishing net," which is of uncertain origin. Cognate with French couloir, Spanish colador, Italian colatojo.
Example
- 1. Silicone collapsible colander , silicone colander , silicone products .
- 2. Coach over there watching it , so not a colander over the past ?
- 3. Mr colander , therefore , thinks economics requires a revolution in technique .
- 4. Mr colander thinks the imperative to publish frequently forces young economists to tackle bite-sized problems , rather than asking big questions with distant , uncertain answers .
- 5. When you 've boiled the cabbage , strain off the water through a colander .