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Colander   /kˈɑləndər/   Listen
Colander

noun
1.
Bowl-shaped strainer; used to wash or drain foods.  Synonym: cullender.






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"Colander" Quotes from Famous Books



... clean. Wash them through a colander, wipe them in a towel, and then dry them on a ...
— Seventy-Five Receipts for Pastry Cakes, and Sweetmeats • Miss Leslie

... "Peets gives out 'colander'; it's Spellin' Book Ben's turn. As he starts to whirl his verbal loop the Red Dog adept whips out his gun, an' jams it ...
— Faro Nell and Her Friends - Wolfville Stories • Alfred Henry Lewis

... and gazed wistfully after her. Once he parted his lips to speak, but that moment Salina came to the kitchen door with a quantity of apple-parings gathered up in her apron, and called out, "Miss Hannah, do come along with that colander, the pumpkin sarse will be biled dry as a chip—where ...
— The Old Homestead • Ann S. Stephens

... little water as possible. Drain it in a colander, and press it till dry. When cold, weigh half a pound, and pass it through a sieve. Prepare the spice. Stir together the sugar, and butter, to cream, till they are perfectly light. Add to them, gradually, ...
— Seventy-Five Receipts for Pastry Cakes, and Sweetmeats • Miss Leslie

... Potatoes are sliced thin or cut lengthwise in strips laid in ice water for half an hour; then dried thoroughly between two towels and plunged into boiling deep fat. As soon as they are delicately browned they are fished out with a split spoon and laid in a hot colander to drain off every drop of fat. Serve ...
— Armour's Monthly Cook Book, Volume 2, No. 12, October 1913 - A Monthly Magazine of Household Interest • Various

... cried Trimble, much consoled. "And Stede Bonnet'll blithely furnish the men and gear. For a mere babe, Master Cockrell, ye leak wisdom like a colander. Our duty is to tarry no longer at ...
— Blackbeard: Buccaneer • Ralph D. Paine



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