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Definition: Colander |
ColanderNoun1. Bowl-shaped strainer; used to wash or drain foods. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "colander" was first used: 1368. (references) |
Etymology: Colander \Col"an*der\, noun. [Latin expression colans, -antis, present participle of colare to filter, to strain, from colum strainer. Compare to Cullis, Culvert.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Domain | Definition |
Personal Care & Hotels | A fairly large metal or plastic bowl perforated on the sides and bottom; used for straining hot foods. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonym: ColanderSynonym: cullender (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Opening | Sieve, cullender, colander; cribble, riddle, screen; honeycomb. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Colander |
| English words defined with "colander": Fish strainer ♦ Siling dish ♦ Transcolate. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "colander": salad basket. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "colander": Colation, Colature. (references) |
| Domain | Title |
Books | |
Consumer Goods | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| "Colander" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 95.00% of the time. "Colander" is used about 40 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 95% | 38 | 55,818 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 2.5% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 2.5% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 40 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "colander" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Colander | Last name | 100 | 86,611 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
Expression using "colander": sea colander. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "colander": colander-type. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
colander | 43 |
david colander | 4 |
colander macroeconomics | 4 |
colander expandable over sink stainless steel | 2 |
colander history | 2 |
berry colander | 2 |
copper colander | 2 |
colander sink | 2 |
colander red | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "colander"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | kullesë. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | مصفاة (filter, refinery, strainer), صفى (clarify, clear, close out, comb out, defecate, determine, do away with, filter, filtrate, leach, liquidate, lixiviate, mop up, polish off, refine, run, sell off, strain, uncloud, wipe out). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | решето (cullender, riddle, screen, separator, sieve, sifter). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | cedník (cullender, percolator, strainer). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | doerslag. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | vergiet (strainer). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | traverŝilo (strainer), elgutigilo (strainer). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | passoire pieds, passoire légumes, faire passoire, égouttoir. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | sieb (filter, riddle, screen, sieve, sifter, strainer). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | στραγγιστήριο (strainer), σουρωτήρι (strainer, tea strainer), τρυπητό σκεύος κουζίνας, τρυπητό. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | szûrõedény (cullender), szűrő (cullender, filter, screen, sieve, sifter, strainer). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | colino (strainer), colatoio (leachate, seepage), colapasta, colabrodo, scolapasta, passalegumi, ottimizzare (optimise, optimize). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | shollane (filter, strainer). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Norwegian | dørslag. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | olandercay coador (cullender, percolator, strainer), peneira (bolter, sieve, strainer, tammy), passador de legumes. (various references) strecurãtoare (percolator, strainer). (various references) дуршлаг (cullender). (various references) cediljka (cullender, percolator, strainer), rešetka (grating, grid, gridiron, grill, grillage, grille, hatch, lattice, portcullis, trap), đevđir. (various references) colador (cullender, sieve, sifter, strainer). (various references) durkslag (strainer). (various references) กระชอน. (various references) süzgeç (alembic, cullender, drainer, filter, strainer), kevgir (perforated ladle, sieve, skimmer). (various references) друшляк (cullender). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Medieval Latin | 700-1500 | colatorium. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "colander": colanders. (additional references) | |
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"Colander" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: calander, calandre, calinder, Callynder, Carandiru, clamder, clande, clander, clyndwr, colade, colandar, colandered, colando, colender, colinder, collande, collander, Collender, collinder, Colomer, colonda, cullender, curandera, curandero, cylander, Kouanda, Kullander, Norlander, olander, scholander, solander. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "colander" (pronounced 'Col"an*der'): Africander, Asunder, Attainder, Badder, Balder, Bepowder, Bewilder, Bewonder, Bhunder, Bidder, Bilander, Birgander, Bloodshedder, Bunder, By-bidder, Chavender, Cider, Codder, Coriander, Cullender, Cyder, Emborder, Filander, Forbidder, Forwander, Foulder, Fudder, Gadder, gander, Germander, Gerrymander, goosander, guilder, Gunpowder, Ladder, lavender, Mander, Misjoinder, Misrender, Miswander, Moider, Monander, Mooder, Muckender, Nadder, Nedder, Nodder, Nonjoinder, octander, Oleander. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: conelrad. | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-d-e-l-n-o-r" | |
-1 letter: caldron, candler, caroled, celadon, corneal, ladrone. | |
-2 letters: acnode, candle, candor, canoed, cedarn, cloned, cloner, coaled, coaler, colder, colead, cornea, corned, cornel, cradle, craned, credal, dancer, darnel, deacon, ladron, lanced, lancer, lander, lardon, loader, loaned, loaner, nacred, oracle, ordeal, reclad, recoal, reload, reloan, rondel. | |
-3 letters: acned, acold, acorn, acred, adore, adorn, alder, alone, anode. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-d-e-l-n-o-r" | |
+1 letter: chlordane, clangored, clarioned, colanders, conelrads. | |
+2 letters: chlordanes, cladoceran, clangoured, confederal, coromandel, cradlesong. | |
+3 letters: accelerando, candlepower, carillonned, chlorinated, cladocerans, cordialness, cordilleran, coromandels, cradlesongs, declaration, directional, endocardial, overcleaned, radiolucent, redactional, reductional, scolopendra, secondarily. | |
+4 letters: accelerandos, candleholder, candlepowers, considerable, considerably, coordinately, cotyledonary, cowardliness, deceleration, dechlorinate, declarations, edulcorating, endochondral, endotracheal, overbalanced, perichondral, radiolucency, radionuclide, reinoculated, scolopendras, translocated, uncorrelated. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)43 6F 6C 61 6E 64 65 72 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-.-. --- .-.. .- -. -.. . .-. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000011 01101111 01101100 01100001 01101110 01100100 01100101 01110010 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)C o l a n d e r |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0043 006F 006C 0061 006E 0064 0065 0072 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)3781786780707184 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Images: Slideshow 6. Usage Frequency 7. Names: Frequency 8. Expressions | 9. Expressions: Internet 10. Translations: Modern 11. Translations: Ancient 12. Derivations | 13. Rhymes 14. Anagrams 15. Orthography 16. Bibliography |
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