cruet
A small bottle or container used to hold a condiment, such as oil, vinegar, salt, or…A small bottle or container used to hold a condiment, such as oil, vinegar, salt, or pepper, for use at a dining table.
» The inner surface of the table held salt, pepper, grated cheese and breadsticks, matching cruets of pale olive oil and dark vinegar.
Meaning
3 sensesA small bottle or container used to hold a condiment, such as oil, vinegar, salt, or pepper, for use at a dining table.
Near-synonym: shaker (sometimes synonymous)
графинчикgrafinčik, солонкаsolonka, перечницаperečnica
bottle that holds wine or oil or vinegar for the table
(UK)A stand for these containers.
A small vessel used to hold wine or water for the Eucharist.
Examples
1 sentencesThe inner surface of the table held salt, pepper, grated cheese and breadsticks, matching cruets of pale olive oil and dark vinegar.
Translations
5 languagesBy meaning 1
Origin
From Middle English, from Anglo-Norman cruet, diminutive of Old French crue (“an earthen pFrom Middle English, from Anglo-Norman cruet, diminutive of Old French crue (“an earthen pot”), from Old Saxon krūka.
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