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cullender

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cul⋅len⋅der

  [kuhl-uhn-der]
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–noun
colander.

col⋅an⋅der

  [kuhl-uhn-der, kol-]
–noun
a metal or plastic container with a perforated bottom, for draining and straining foods.
Also, cullender.

Origin:
1400–50; late ME colyndore, perh. (with nasalization) < OPr colador < ML cōlātōrium, equiv. to L cōlā(re) to strain (v. deriv. of cōlum strainer) + -tōrium -tory 2
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