Colander
col·an·der
[kuhl-uh n-der, kol-] Show IPA
noun
a metal or plastic container with a perforated bottom, for draining and straining foods.
Also, cullender.
Origin:
1400–50; late Middle English colyndore, perhaps (with nasalization) < Old Provençal colador < Medieval Latin cōlātōrium, equivalent to Latin cōlā ( re ) to strain (verbal derivative of cōlum strainer) + -tōrium -tory2
Can be confused: calendar, calender, colander.
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