colander
🔒 The real picture unlocks in the dictionary app.
The meaning (definition) of the word colander
a bowl with lots of little holes for draining water from pasta
The word colander used in a sentence
“We use a colander to drain water from hot pasta after cooking.”
Words that mean the same as colander (synonyms)
strainer
The plural of the word colander
colanders
How the word colander is said around the world
| French | passoire (pahswahr) |
| Spanish | colador (kohlahthohr) |
| Mandarin | 滤器 (lǜ qì) |
| Hindi | कोलंडर (kohlunduhr) |
| Arabic | مصفاة (meesfah) |
| Russian | дуршлаг (durshlag) |
| Portuguese (EU) | coador (koouhdohr) |
| Portuguese (BR) | coador (kohahdohr) |
| Japanese | ざる (zaru) |
| German | Sieb (zeep) |
| Urdu | کولنڈر (kohlunduhr) |
| Punjabi | ਕੋਲੇਂਡਰ (kohlaynduhr) |
| Korean | 거르다 (georeuda) |
| Hebrew | מסננת |
| Greek | σουρωτήρι (souroteri) |
| Dutch | vergiet (vuhrgheet) |
| Tagalog | salaan (sahlahn) |
| Vietnamese | rổ lọc (zoh lawk) |
| Turkish | kevgir (kevgyir) |
| Persian | آبکش (ahbkaysh) |
| Polish | durszlak (doorshlahk) |
| Ukrainian | друшляк (drushlyak) |
| Bengali | ঝাঁঝরি (gyahngyawree) |
| Swedish | durkslag (durkslahg) |
| Italian | colino (kohleenoh) |
Learn colander with pictures, sound and writing practice
Hear colander spoken aloud, trace how it is written, and explore it in 25 languages in the Little Wordsmiths dictionary.
Open the full dictionaryLittle Wordsmiths is a picture-first children's dictionary, thesaurus and encyclopedia in 25 languages.
Home · Dictionary · Sign in · Sign up