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saltcellar

[ sawlt-sel-er ]

noun

  1. a shaker or dish for salt.


saltcellar

/ ˈsɔːltˌsɛlə /

noun

  1. a small container for salt used at the table
  2. informal.
    either of the two hollows formed above the collarbones of very slim people
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of saltcellar1

1400–50; salt 1 + cellar, for earlier saler saltcellar, late Middle English < Old French saliere < Latin salāria, noun use of feminine of salārius (adj.) pertaining to salt, equivalent to sal salt 1 + -ārius -ary
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Word History and Origins

Origin of saltcellar1

changed (through influence of cellar) from C15 salt saler; saler from Old French saliere container for salt, from Latin salārius belonging to salt, from sal salt
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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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