0 a bowl with small holes in it, used for washing food or for emptying food into when it has been cooked in water:
1 a bowl with many holes in it, used for washing food or for removing water from food that has been cooked
Colander (1984) gives a nice entry point to this literature.
Sometimes, in addition, they are scalded by pouring hot water from the kettle over them through a colander.
I am reliably informed by one of the potential buyers that the sale document has more holes than the average colander.
I was wondering how much of a colander the card system will be and how it will be instituted.
Many of our older houses, however, have the heat-retaining characteristics of an upturned colander.
The expressions "best endeavour"and"subject to the needs of the business" are hardly copper-bottomed undertakings; they are more like a colander.
It is like pouring water into a colander.
Their case for legal enforcement is as watertight as a colander.