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

If you have not got a handy, leafy tree or a pinhole camera, Clough recommends taking a kitchen colander outside to create the same effect.

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

"The next best thing is a colander," Heymans said - or any household object with small holes.

From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026

After a breakfast of grits with flakes of fried shark steak, Jay washed dishes while I snapped a whole colander full of pole beans.

From "Root Magic" by Eden Royce

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

In the kitchen, bamboo baskets, long-handled colanders and a huge iron kettle are arranged around a potbellied coal stove.

From New York Times ● Jan. 23, 2017

Sometimes I felt like my brain was one of those colanders our housekeeper, Mrs. Ellsworth, used to drain pasta, full of little holes that let all sorts of important things escape without my permission.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin