saltcellar

salt·cel·lar  (sôltslr)

n.

A small dish for holding and dispensing salt.

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[Alteration of Middle English salt-saler : salt, salt; see salt + saler, saltcellar (from Old French saliere, from Medieval Latin salria, from Latin, feminine of salrius, of salt, from sl, sal-, salt; see sal- in Indo-European roots).]

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saltcellar [ˈsɔːltˌsɛlə]

n

1. (Cookery) a small container for salt used at the table

2. Brit informal either of the two hollows formed above the collarbones of very slim people

[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]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

saltcellar - a small container for holding salt at the dining table container - any object that can be used to hold things (especially a large metal boxlike object of standardized dimensions that can be loaded from one form of transport to another)

Translations

saltcellar [ˈsɔːltˌseləʳ] N → salero m

saltcellar

n → Salzfässchen nt; (= shaker) → Salzstreuer m

saltcellar [ˈsɔːltˌsɛləʳ] salt shaker (Am) n → saliera

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saltcellar [ˈsɔːltˌsɛləʳ] salt shaker (Am) n → saliera