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colino — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • colander noun A bowl-shaped kitchen container full of holes, used for draining water off food such as pasta, rice or washed vegetables.
  • strainer noun A device through which a liquid is passed for purification, filtering or separation from solid matter; anything (including a screen or a cloth) used to strain a liquid.

Senses

colino is used for these senses in English:

  • colander A bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food that has been cooking in water, such as pasta.
  • tea strainer A strainer used to filter loose tea leaves from brewed tea.

strainer — full definition

  1. noun A device through which a liquid is passed for purification, filtering or separation from solid matter; anything (including a screen or a cloth) used to strain a liquid.
  2. noun A perforated screen or openwork (usually at the end of a suction pipe of a pump), used to prevent solid bodies from mixing in a liquid stream or flowline.
  3. noun Debris in water that blocks the passage of solid objects.
  4. noun One who strains.

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