"fish strainer" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-fish strainer.wav Forms: fish strainers [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} fish strainer (plural fish strainers)
  1. A colander with handles, used for taking fish out of a cookpot.
    Sense id: en-fish_strainer-en-noun-EgfOkS-9 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Cooking Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 60 40 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 84 16 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 88 12 Disambiguation of Cooking: 49 51
  2. A perforated slab at the bottom of a dish, used to drain the water from a boiled fish.
    Sense id: en-fish_strainer-en-noun-nUHGTXRJ Categories (other): Cooking Disambiguation of Cooking: 49 51

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