Salt-cellar
1salt cellar — salt .cellar n BrE [Date: 1400 1500; Origin: cellar from Old French salliere, from Latin salarium, from sal salt ] a small container for salt American Equivalent: salt shaker …
2salt cellar — UK US noun [countable] [singular salt cellar plural salt cellars] british a small container with a lid that has holes in it, used for pouring salt on food Thesaurus: crockery used for serving and pouring food and drinks …
3salt cellar — ► NOUN ▪ a dish or container for storing salt. ORIGIN cellar is from Old French salier salt box …
4salt cellar — salt cellars N COUNT A salt cellar is a small container for salt with a hole or holes in the top for shaking salt onto food. [BRIT] (in AM, use salt shaker) …
5Salt cellar — A salt cellar is a bowl, usually small, for holding salt. The use of salt cellars continued through the 1940s, but has been in decline since and been gradually replaced with salt shakers. The exterior surfaces of modern cellars are frequently… …
6salt cellar — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms salt cellar : singular salt cellar plural salt cellars British a small container with a lid that has holes in it, used for pouring salt on food …
7salt cellar — salt holder, vessel for serving salt …
8salt cellar — noun a dish or container for storing salt, typically a closed container with perforations in the lid for sprinkling. Origin ME: from salt + obs. saler, from OFr. salier salt box , from L. salarium (see salary); the change in spelling of the… …
9salt-cellar — n. 1 a vessel holding salt for table use. 2 colloq. an unusually deep hollow above the collar bone, esp. found in women. Etymology: SALT + obs. saler f. AF f. OF salier salt box f. L (as SALARY), assim. to CELLAR …
10salt cellar — noun a) A small open container holding salt for use in the kitchen or on a dining table b) A salt shaker …
