Meanings
nouncolander (plural colanders)
plural colanders · alternative cullender · alternative collinder
- 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
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latincōlum
- Latincōlātōrium
- Middle Englishcolyndore
- Englishcolander
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.
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Arabic مِصْفَاة
- مِصْفَاة (miṣfāh)a bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food such as pasta
Bulgarian решето, гевгир
- решето (rešeto)a bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food such as pasta
- гевгир (gevgir)a bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food such as pasta
Catalan escorredora
- escorredoraa bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food such as pasta
Chinese Mandarin 濾器 /滤器, 漉鍋 /漉锅
- 濾器 /滤器 (lǜqì)a bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food such as pasta
- 漉鍋 /漉锅 (lùguō)a bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food such as pasta
- 漏勺 (lòusháo)a bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food such as pasta
Czech cedník, řešeto
- cedníka bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food such as pasta
- řešetoa bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food such as pasta
Danish dørslag
- dørslaga bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food such as pasta
Dutch vergiet, verzijp
- vergieta bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food such as pasta
- verzijpa bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food such as pasta
Finnish lävikkö
- lävikköa bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food such as pasta
French passoire
- passoirea bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food such as pasta
German Sieb, Küchensieb
- Sieba bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food such as pasta
- Küchensieba bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food such as pasta
- Abtropfsieba bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food such as pasta
- Seihera bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food such as pasta
- Durchschlaga bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food such as pasta
Greek σουρωτήρι, τρυπητό
- σουρωτήρι (sourotíri)a bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food such as pasta
- τρυπητό (trypitó)a bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food such as pasta
Hindi कोलंडर
- कोलंडर (kolaṇḍar)a bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food such as pasta
Hungarian szűrő, tésztaszűrő
- szűrőa bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food such as pasta
- tésztaszűrőa bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food such as pasta
- szűrőedénya bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food such as pasta
Icelandic sigti, dörslag
- sigtia bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food such as pasta
- dörslaga bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food such as pasta
Indonesian penapis
- penapisa bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food such as pasta
Irish síothlán
- síothlána bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food such as pasta
Italian colino, colapasta
- colinoa bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food such as pasta
- colapastaa bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food such as pasta
- colabrodoa bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food such as pasta
Japanese コランダー, 水切りボール
- コランダー (korandā)a bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food such as pasta
- 水切りボール (mizukiri bōru)a bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food such as pasta
Korean 소쿠리
- 소쿠리 (sokuri)a bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food such as pasta
Latin cōlum
- cōluma bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food such as pasta
Malay penapis
- penapisa bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food such as pasta
Māori kumete tātari, tātari
- kumete tātaria bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food such as pasta
- tātaria bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food such as pasta
Norwegian dørslag
- dørslaga bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food such as pasta
Persian آبکش
- آبکش (âbkeš)a bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food such as pasta
Polish durszlak, cedzak
- durszlaka bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food such as pasta
- cedzaka bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food such as pasta
Portuguese escorredor, passador
- escorredora bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food such as pasta
- passadora bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food such as pasta
- coadora bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food such as pasta
Romanian strecurătoare
- strecurătoarea bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food such as pasta
Russian дуршла́г
- дуршла́г (duršlág)a bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food such as pasta
Scottish Gaelic sìoltachan
- sìoltachana bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food such as pasta
Slovak cedák, cedidlo
- cedáka bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food such as pasta
- cedidloa bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food such as pasta
Spanish colador, escurridor
- coladora bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food such as pasta
- escurridora bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food such as pasta
- coladeroa bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food such as pasta
- zafraa bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food such as pasta
Swedish durkslag
- durkslaga bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food such as pasta
Turkish süzgeç, kevgir
- süzgeça bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food such as pasta
- kevgira bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food such as pasta
Ukrainian друшля́к
- друшля́к (drušlják)a bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food such as pasta
Vietnamese giá lọc
- giá lọca bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food such as pasta
Welsh hidlwr, colandr
- hidlwra bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food such as pasta
- colandra bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food such as pasta
- hidla bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food such as pasta
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Cite this entry
APA
colander. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/colander
MLA
“colander.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/colander. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “colander,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/colander.
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