salt shaker

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noun

a container for salt with a perforated top to allow the salt to be shaken out.

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Nearby words

salt pan, salt pit, salt pork, salt river, salt shake, salt shaker, salt solution, salt spoon, salt stick, salt substitute, salt tree

Origin of salt shaker

An Americanism dating back to 1890–95

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

Examples from the Web for salt shaker

"I guess they'd miss you more'n that salt-shaker," he said grimly.
While Caroline Was Growing|Josephine Daskam Bacon
There isn't any, except what I used when I was cooking—a little I had in a salt-shaker.
The Curlytops on Star Island|Howard R. Garis
This was in the cellar of the dove-cote, in a kind of salt-shaker turret.
Friends of France|Various
Caroline stalked aggressively into the dining-room, and finding it for the moment empty, hastily replaced the salt-shaker.
While Caroline Was Growing|Josephine Daskam Bacon