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View synonyms for salt shaker
salt shaker
or saltshaker
noun
- a container for salt with a perforated top to allow the salt to be shaken out.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of salt shaker1
An Americanism dating back to 1890–95
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Example Sentences
The children did as the little cook requested, sprinkled on a little salt from the salt shaker, and took a taste.
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Jess herself said maybe it was the remarkable salt shaker which had to stand on its head always, because there was no floor to it.
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The Phantom eyed him keenly, though he seemed wholly absorbed in contemplation of the salt shaker.
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Caroline stalked aggressively into the dining-room, and finding it for the moment empty, hastily replaced the salt-shaker.
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Bat laughed and reached for a salt shaker with a great assumption of carelessness.
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