salt shaker
/'sɔ:lt,ʃeikə/
Definition
- Noun:
- A container for dispensing salt: A small container, typically with a perforated top, designed to hold and allow the sprinkling of table salt.
Examples
- Noun:
- Please pass the salt shaker.
- She refilled the salt shaker from the larger box.
- The salt shaker on the table was made of glass.
Advanced Usage
- "To be worth one's salt": This idiom, while not directly about the object, historically relates to salt as a valuable commodity. It means to be competent and deserving of one's pay or position.
- Any manager worth their salt would have handled the crisis better.
Variants and Related Words
- Salt cellar: (chiefly British) A small dish or container for holding salt at the table, often without a perforated top.
- Pepper shaker: A similar container with a perforated top, specifically designed for ground pepper. Often part of a matching set with a salt shaker.
Synonyms
- Salt cellar (in some contexts, though this often implies an open dish).
Related Phrases
- "Pass the salt": A common mealtime request where the "salt" is understood to be in its shaker.
- During dinner, he asked, "Could you pass the salt?"
Noun
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a shaker with a perforated top for sprinkling salt
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