colander
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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
Consultant ophthalmologist David Jones said his top four tips were to use eclipse glasses, a pinhole, colander or a cereal box.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
A kitchen colander is one way to indirectly observe the eclipse.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
The holes in the colander project an indirect image of the Sun on a surface, such as a wall or the ground.
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026
To get her out from under the colander, Billy had slid a piece of cardboard beneath it, pinching her foot sharply in the process, so that it hurt when she walked.
From "Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH" by Robert C. O'Brien
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
The sculptures will take the form of trees, and will be created using common kitchen items including colanders, pots and pans.
From New York Times ● Apr. 8, 2018
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
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