colander

Gerry Gani, from Kelshall, initially brought a colander to watch the rare solar event, but managed to find safety glasses before the eclipse began.

From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026

People could also watch safely by projecting an image of the sun onto a white card using a telescope, a cereal box pinhole viewer, or even a kitchen colander.

From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026

A colander or a draining spoon will give you lots of mini-eclipses, with the images projected on to the ground while you stand with your back to the Sun.

From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026

A kitchen colander is one way to indirectly observe the eclipse.

From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026

The horse followed, turning onto a rutted path lumpy with roots, and it was as if they had slipped in under a giant colander.

From "Tuck Everlasting" by Natalie Babbit

It’s an invitation to all of us: To put on our colanders, take up our kitchen implements and give ourselves over to make-believe.

From New York Times ● Apr. 27, 2023

Aside from looking pretty, the pan has a built-in spoon and spatula rest and has a modular design that lets you nest steamer baskets and colanders.

From Fox News ● Nov. 27, 2021

War-ruined bathhouses are dotted around Aleppo’s Old City, their distinctive domes, punched like colanders with round apertures of colored glass, lying smashed, or looking down on rooms filled with rubble and garbage.

From Reuters ● May 9, 2019

Three professional-grade mixing bowls and two colanders make up this Epicurious set.

From Salon ● Apr. 28, 2019

At times she sat cross-legged, at times with legs splayed, surrounded by an array of colanders and shallow bowls of water in which she immersed her chopped ingredients.

From "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri