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saltcellar
[ sawlt-sel-er ]
noun
- a shaker or dish for salt.
saltcellar
/ ˈsɔːltˌsɛlə /
noun
- a small container for salt used at the table
- informal.either of the two hollows formed above the collarbones of very slim people
Word History and Origins
Origin of saltcellar1
Word History and Origins
Origin of saltcellar1
Example Sentences
She went back inside and returned a few minutes later carrying a saltcellar.
A building that resembled an overgrown saltcellar lay ahead of us.
She believed that just as the power of her mind could move the saltcellar on the table, she could also produce deaths, earthquakes, and other, even worse catastrophes.
On the dining table, there is a pepper mill, a saltcellar, bright, clear-skinned clementines arranged in a bowl.
Ulenspiegel answered: “When the saltcellar, as in our house, is made of a hollow piece of bread, it must be eaten now and then, lest the worms might come in it as it gets old.”
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