shaker

shak·er  (shkr)

n.

1.

a. One that shakes: a shaker of long-held beliefs and traditions.

b. One that impels, encourages, or supervises action.

2.

a. A container used for shaking: salt and pepper shakers.

b. A container used to mix or blend by shaking: a cocktail shaker.

3. Shaker A member of a Christian sect originating in England in 1747, practicing communal living and observing celibacy.

adj. also Shaker

Relating to or constituting a style produced by Shakers that is distinctively simple, unornamented, functional, and finely crafted: Shaker furniture.

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shaker

Noun

1. a container used for shaking a powdered substance onto something: a flour shaker

2. a container in which the ingredients of alcoholic drinks are shaken together

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	shaker - a person who wields power and influence; "a shaker of traditional beliefs"; "movers and shakers in the business world" mover and shaker individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul - a human being; "there was too much for one person to do"
	2.	Shaker - a member of Christian group practicing celibacy and communal living and common possession of property and separation from the world Shakers, United Society of Believers in Christ's Second Appearing - a celibate and communistic Christian sect in the United States Christian - a religious person who believes Jesus is the Christ and who is a member of a Christian denomination
	3.	shaker - a container in which something can be shaken caster, castor - a shaker with a perforated top for sprinkling powdered sugar cocktail shaker - a shaker for mixing cocktails 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) pepper box, pepper shaker, pepper pot - a shaker with a perforated top for sprinkling ground pepper salt shaker, saltshaker - a shaker with a perforated top for sprinkling salt