salt cellar
A small open container holding salt for use in the kitchen or on a dining tableA small open container holding salt for use in the kitchen or on a dining table.
» That one is the salt cellar.
Dieser dort ist der Salzstreuer.
Meaning
2 sensesA small open container holding salt for use in the kitchen or on a dining table.
Salzfässchen, Salzstreuer
соло́нкаsolónka
сільни́чкаsilʹnýčka
(UK)Synonym of salt shaker (“a closed container with perforated lid for sprinkling salt”).
Examples
7 sentencesThat one is the salt cellar.
deDieser dort ist der Salzstreuer. — giefingl
The salt cellar is on the table.
ruСолонка на столе. — Selena777
The salt cellar was on the table.
ruСолонка была на столе. — Selena777
The salt is in the salt cellar.
ruСоль в солонке. — marafon
The salt cellar will be on the table.
ruСолонка будет на столе. — marafon
Translations
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Origin
From salt + cellar, from 15th Century Middle English saler, from Middle French salier, froFrom salt + cellar, from 15th Century Middle English saler, from Middle French salier, from Latin salārius (“relating to salt”), from Latin sāl (“salt”). Modified based on originally unrelated English cellar.
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