Salt-cellar Definition

noun

A small open container holding salt for use in the kitchen or on a dining table.

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A salt shaker, a closed container with perforated lid for sprinkling salt.

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Singular:
salt-cellar
Plural:
salt-cellars

Origin of Salt-cellar

  • From salt + cellar, from 15th Century English saler, from Old French salière, from Latin salarius (“relating to salt”), from Latin sal (“salt”)

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