Showing posts with label colander. Show all posts
Showing posts with label colander. Show all posts

Thursday, December 6, 2012

calendar, calender

Calendar or calendar means the thing you use to keep track of the date, whether hung on a wall or digital--
We'll have to get a new calender before the first of the year.
If your computer doesn't work right, maybe you need to set the calendar.

Calender or calender ( rhymes with calendar ) means a machine that is used to press paper or cloth smooth--
The calender has large rollers to press the fabric smooth.
They will use a calender to coat the cloth with rubber.

Now that you know that, you can say--
"We used a calender to coat this cloth with plastic, to make a kitchen calendar that will wipe clean."

Note--not to be confused with a "colander", meaning a bowl-shaped strainer or sieve--
Put the beans in a colander to rinse them.
Pour the spaghetti into the colander carefully.