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colander

noun as in strainer

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No longer are we picking through clothing donations or wishing we had a colander or worrying about running out of time in short-term rentals.

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Enthralled, Elio plops a colander on his head and pleads for aliens to touch down and “take me with you — but not in a desperate way.”

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Using a colander or other method of choice, shake off excess flour-cornmeal before lowering okra into hot oil.

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If you don't have access to eclipse glasses, you can create a simple pinhole camera with just two sheets of cardboard or even use a colander to project the Sun's image safely onto the ground.

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Farther to the east, at one point it seemed as if the Mojave Desert was as hole-pocked as a colander.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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