salt shaker
noun
a container for salt with a perforated top to allow the salt to be shaken out.
saltshaker
-
a variation of
salt shaker.
Example Sentences
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Somewhere, a piece of restaurant software had facilitated communication between two people who could reasonably have passed each other a saltshaker.
From Salon ● Oct. 17, 2026
He went on and on, speaking to the ceiling, the floor, the saltshaker, to an invisible audience.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026
Researchers know that this habit varies among different groups of people, but it has not always been clear who is most likely to reach for the saltshaker in different cultural settings.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 4, 2026
Fragments of gold from another source had been sprinkled among rock samples via a saltshaker to falsify results.
From BBC ● May 18, 2024
She picked up the angel saltshaker as if it were precious and tapped it lightly over her food.
From "Clayton Byrd Goes Underground" by Rita Williams-Garcia
