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# colander

noun (a colander, colanders)

«colander» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

A colander is a kitchen bowl full of small holes, used for draining water from food such as pasta or for washing vegetables. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/colander/#m1)

### In the lessons

In cooking lessons and at home, pasta is tipped into a colander in the sink so the water runs out. In science it shows separating a solid from a liquid, like a big sieve. Safety: an adult should pour boiling water into the colander. Phrases: drain in a colander, rinse in a colander.

### Examples

- Mum drained the spaghetti in a colander. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/colander/#x1)
- I washed the strawberries in the colander. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/colander/#x2)
- Water ran out through the holes of the colander. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/colander/#x3)
- We used a colander to separate the peas from the water. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/colander/#x4)
- Grandma's colander is made of metal. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/colander/#x5)
- Put the colander in the sink before you pour. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/colander/#x6)

### Note

Countable: a colander, colanders. Pronounced KOL-an-der or KUL-an-der. Do not confuse with «calendar» (days and months), which sounds similar. A sieve has a fine mesh; a colander has bigger holes.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «colander» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/colander/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«colander» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/colander.html) on Mova free.