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/ˈkɒləndə(ɹ)/ · noun
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."
Use colander when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Colander means A bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food that has been cooking in water, such as pasta..
Common synonyms include cullender.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
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."
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