Colander

How it is used

Common with pasta and washed vegetables; it drains rather than finely filters.

Example sentences

1. Drain the pasta in a colander before adding the sauce.

   Water passes through the holes while the pasta stays inside.

2. The washed spinach rested in a colander over a bowl.

   The arrangement collects liquid draining from the leaves.

Common collocations

• drain in a colander
• large colander

Related terms

• boilTo heat a liquid until it bubbles strongly, or to cook food in such a liquid. Water boils at 100°C at sea level.
• prepShort for preparation: the work of getting food ready before cooking or service, such as washing, peeling, cutting, portioning and making sauces. Also used as a verb.

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