saltcellar
a shaker or dish for salt.
Origin of saltcellar
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How to use saltcellar in a sentence
Michael and Alan sat silently at the table, crumbling bread and making patterns in the salt-cellar.
Sinister Street, vol. 1 | Compton MackenzieDont lean on your elbow, or dip your thumb into your drink, or your food into the salt cellar: That is a vice.
Early English Meals and Manners | VariousDont break your bread in two, or put your pieces in your pocket, your fingers in the dish, or your meat in the salt-cellar.
Early English Meals and Manners | VariousBring out the chief salt-cellar, and pared loaves, and hold the carving-knives in your right hand.
Early English Meals and Manners | VariousPut your chief salt-cellar before the chief persons seat, his bread by it, and his trenchers before it.
Early English Meals and Manners | Various
British Dictionary definitions for saltcellar
/ (ˈsɔːltˌsɛlə) /
a small container for salt used at the table
British informal either of the two hollows formed above the collarbones of very slim people
Origin of saltcellar
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