salt shaker
Americannoun
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salt shakers
plural
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of salt shaker
An Americanism dating back to 1890–95
Example Sentences
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Woe betide the philistine who requests a salt shaker or asks that a meticulously prepared dish be spice-bombed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
She has fond memories of taking a salt shaker to the family garden so she could clip a few cucumbers and eat them right there in the sun.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 26, 2025
I grabbed a salt shaker from a nearby table, had my mom try the guacamole as-is, then salted it, stirred it with a tortilla chip, and asked her to try again.
From Salon ● Feb. 21, 2024
About 70 percent of the sodium people eat comes from packaged, processed and restaurant foods, according to the FDA; not from the salt shaker on the kitchen counter.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 13, 2021
It still has her five-dollar bill stuck under the salt shaker, a half-empty cup of coffee, a dirty fork and an empty place mat with syrup stains.
From "Wintergirls" by Laurie Halse Anderson
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