What's the difference between colander and strainer?

Colander


Definition:

  • (n.) A utensil with a bottom perforated with little holes for straining liquids, mashed vegetable pulp, etc.; a strainer of wickerwork, perforated metal, or the like.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The comedian Stephen Mangan called Cameron’s warning “panicky” and “daft”, while another comedian, Vikki Stone, shared a picture of herself hiding in the shed with a colander on her head and said: “Dear David Cameron I’m frightened.
  • (2) He brings us his mackerel, and his marigolds, as a child just able to walk solemnly brings objects … a birdcage, or a colander … and deposits them as an offering before the attentive adult."
  • (3) Mostly known for their foldable chopping boards, from which vegetables can be tipped into a pan, their nest of bowls and measuring cups and a square colander have also become notable stamps of the company.
  • (4) The owner hauled out said blender and then, from the back of the cupboard, a beaten up old colander with a stray piece of noodle still stuck to the rim.
  • (5) Makes 8 tartlets 2 aubergines, thinly sliced Olive oil 250g all-butter puff pastry 1 goat's cheese log, sliced into 8 1 sprig fresh thyme Honey A few pink radishes, thinly sliced Sea salt and freshly cracked black pepper 1 Place the aubergines in a colander and sprinkle with salt.
  • (6) I've tried whisks, pots, the colander, all objects that have fascinated in the past, but nothing works.
  • (7) In Sydney, Jearl Miles-Clark, Monique Hennagan, LaTasha Colander Clark and Andrea Anderson were part of the squad that won gold in the 4x400m relay.
  • (8) Since then the London-based company has grown to over 80 people with 400 products, ranging from a compact tin opener and a square colander to individually coloured boards labelled fish, meat and vegetable, to avoid cross-contamination, and a compact foldable weighing scales.
  • (9) Sometimes we will say 'we would like to get into [for example] colanders, we think that colanders will fit well into our range, lets investigate colanders'," said Antony.
  • (10) 4 Drain the potatoes in a colander then return them to the pan.
  • (11) Washing the salad by agitating it under running tap water in a colander for 2 min reduced the total bacterial counts by 10-fold.
  • (12) Drain the pasta and peas in a colander, reserving a small cupful of the cooking water.
  • (13) Photograph: Haarala Hamilton SERVES 2, PLUS PASTA SAUCE FOR 2 baked beans 1 can onion ¼ finely chopped chopped tomatoes 1 carton sliced carrots in water ½ a can chicken stock cube 1 crumbled thyme or rosemary a sprig Pour the baked beans into a colander and rinse the cheap salty sugary sauce thoroughly from them.

Strainer


Definition:

  • (n.) One who strains.
  • (n.) That through which any liquid is passed for purification or to separate it from solid matter; anything, as a screen or a cloth, used to strain a liquid; a device of the character of a sieve or of a filter; specifically, an openwork or perforated screen, as for the end of the suction pipe of a pump, to prevent large solid bodies from entering with a liquid.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The tissue was sieved through a large strainer (2 mm2) to produce a homogeneous suspension.
  • (2) The Brooklyn Bridge Park, High Line and Low Line parks are healthy gauges of this, along with project +POOL , a “plus” shaped pool which will act like a giant strainer dropped into the Hudson river.
  • (3) In chaps, a battered Stetson and with a soup-strainer moustache, Tex immediately provided – to fans of old western movies like us – a far more thrilling encounter than anything Sin City could offer.
  • (4) The authors describe a method of plasty of proximal parts of the femoral diaphysis with a nonfree vascularized autotransplant from the iliac crest on the muscular-vascular connections including the strainer of the wide fascia, portion of the musculus gluteus medius and the feeding ascending branch of the lateral artery surrounding the femoral bone with the accompanying veins.
  • (5) The wash procedure consisted of a jet of tap water over the specimen contained in a tea strainer.
  • (6) Alternatively, you can chop all the ingredients and pop them into a powerful blender with 120ml of water, then pass the mixture through a fine-mesh strainer into a glass.
  • (7) Application of temephos in unsafe water sources for destroying cyclops, the intermediate hosts of guineaworm, and distribution of fine mesh nylon strainers for promoting prophylaxis against guineaworm are accepted methods of guineaworm control in different endemic countries.
  • (8) 4 Pour the liquor through a strainer, retaining both liquid and solids.
  • (9) Occasionally, he’d stray into being a bee, sporting a couple of tea strainers over his eyes.
  • (10) This procedure utilized a tea strainer, plastic cup and conical centrifuge tube, all of which could be made available at a minimally equipped laboratory.
  • (11) No worries if you don't have a juicer: a blender and a strainer do the trick.
  • (12) Alternatively, you can chop all the ingredients and pop them into a powerful blender with 120ml of water, then pass the mixture through a fine-mesh strainer and drink immediately.
  • (13) Also, a single isolate of L. ivanovii was obtained from a mesh screen strainer of the waste water treatment plant located near the works.
  • (14) Hyperchlorination of shower heads and angle valve strainers had only a short-lived effect on legionellae.
  • (15) 4 Strain with a tea strainer and serve (preferably in two old-fashioned teacups).

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