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Colander vs Solander - What's the difference?

colander | solander |

As nouns the difference between colander and solander

is that colander is a bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food such as pasta while solander is a box, in the form of a book, used for keeping botanical specimens etc; drop-spine or clamshell box.

colander

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food such as pasta.
  • Hypernyms

    * strainer

    solander

    English

    Alternative forms

    * Solander

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A box, in the form of a book, used for keeping botanical specimens etc; drop-spine or clamshell box
  • * {{quote-book
  • , year=1991 , year_published=2011 , edition=Digitized , editor= , author= , title=Museum studies, Volumes 17-18 , chapter= citation , genre= , publisher=Art Institute of Chicago , isbn= , page=93 , passage=Among the many unmatted drawings in the solander box was a large, colorful chalk and pastel Christ Child on greenish-blue laid paper ... }} English eponyms