pasta strainer

Perforated kitchen bowl

A pasta strainer is a bowl-shaped kitchen tool with holes or perforations, used to drain water from cooked pasta.

The strainer catches the noodles while liquid passes through.

Also called a colander, though pasta strainers may have finer mesh or be designed to fit over a pot: She dumped the spaghetti into the pasta strainer in the sink.

colanderKitchen bowl for draining
sieveMesh filtering utensil
drainChannel for wastewater
boiling waterH2O at 212°F
hot waterHeated liquid, or trouble

noodles · spaghetti · al dente · steam · steam rising · holes · mesh · kitchen · kitchen sink · sink · boiling · water · handles · metal · stainless steel · plastic · draining · cooking

Categories

porous thingsporous, permeable, sponge, mesh, sieve
separationseparate, sieving, divide, filtration, split
strainerssieve, colander, chinois, tamis, sifter

Opposites

vessel permeability

pasta strainerstockpot

Large pot for broths

pot · cooking pot · soup pot · saucepan · mixing bowl

function in cooking process

pasta strainerpasta pot

Vessel for boiling noodles

boiling pot · water reservoir · stockpot · dutch oven

SEPARATING vs. COMBINING

pasta strainermixing bowl

Container for combining ingredients

blender · food processor · whisk · stand mixer · immersion blender

Family

pasta, strainer, pastas, strain, strains, strained, straining, restraint, restrain

Familiarity: Top 200,000
Profile: Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G