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cullender

cullender

9.9
A bowl with holes used to wash or drain food like vegetables and pasta
  • noun
  • /ˈkʌlɪndər/
  • Archaic
translation icon : colador
  • The old recipe instructed her to pour the pasta into a cullender to drain the water.

Examples

  • In the Victorian kitchen, a cullender was as essential as a kettle.

  • I used a cullender to drain the pasta.

  • He found a dusty cullender on the top shelf, unused for years.

  • Do you have a cullender for washing vegetables?

  • To drain the excess water, she carefully poured the vegetables into the cullender.

  • In traditional cooking, a cullender is the best tool for rinsing fruits and vegetables.

  • After boiling the pasta, he placed it in a cullender to let the water drain out.

Synonyms

colander
vscullender
9 2.7

A bowl with holes for draining water from food like pasta or vegetables

is an old term for the same bowl-shaped kitchen utensil

Surface Forms

cullender singular
cullenders plural

Etymology

Cullender is an old spelling of colander, and it comes from the Latin root colare meaning 'to strain' or 'to pour through'. So a cullender is a bowl with holes used like a strainer to wash or drain vegetables or pasta.