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calendar, calender, colander
calendar (KAL uhn dur) (noun)
A printed series of pages showing the months, weeks, and days of the year: Each year on January 1, Tamara gives her friends and family a new calendar.
calender (KAL uhn dur) (noun)
A machine in which cloth or paper is pressed by rollers: When making paper, part of the process is to use the calender which rolls the paper very thin.
colander (KUHL uhn dur, KAHL uhn dur) (noun)
A bowl that has many small holes or perforations in the bottom used for washing, straining, or draining food: Vera used the colander to drain water from the spaghetti right after it was boiled.

A calendar is the proof that our days are numbered! It is also a system that plans its work a whole year ahead and never fails to finish on time.

—Evan Esar

Colleen's niece learned to use a calender for her paper making course. She made her aunt a wonderful calendar on which she charted the chores required during the harvest season including getting out the colander for straining the cooked tomatoes while she was making sauce.

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