HOW TO PRONOUNCE
colander
/ˈkɑləndɚ/
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Stress “col” and keep the middle vowel light.
Start with the vowel in father. Keep n and d together before the final r-colored vowel, without shifting the stress to the ending.
3 syllables · Stress on syllable 1
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“She rinsed the beans in a colander.”
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CMU Pronouncing Dictionary ↗What does colander mean?
noun
- A bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food that has been cooking in water, such as pasta.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈkɑləndɚ/
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The indictment against her was faulty, and the case against her as full of holes as a colander.
It consists of a tin vessel in the form of a large bottle, pierced at the bottom like a colander, and terminating in the upper part in a narrow tube, with an open mouth.