Meaning

1 senses
  1. A small container designed to hold salt and facilitate sprinkling it on food for seasoning purposes.

    Near-synonym: salt cellar

    Salzstreuer, Salzfässchen

    соло́нкаsolónka

    сільни́чкаsilʹnýčka, сільни́цяsilʹnýcja, соля́нкаsoljánka

    a shaker with a perforated top for sprinkling salt

Examples

13 sentences
  1. Tom reached for his salt shaker.

  2. That's an interesting-looking salt shaker.

    ruИнтересно эта солонка выглядит. — Wezel

    deDas ist aber ein interessant aussehender Salzstreuer! — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  3. There's no salt in this shaker.

    ruВ этой солонке нет соли. — odexed

    deDieser Salzstreuer ist leer. — Waldelfe

  4. Tom handed the salt shaker to Mary.

    ruТом передал солонку Мэри. — odexed

  5. There's no salt in the salt shaker.

    ruВ солонке нет соли. — odexed

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
a small container designed to hold salt and facilitate sprinkling:
Русский
By meaning 1
a small container designed to hold salt and facilitate sprinkling:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
a small container designed to hold salt and facilitate sprinkling:

Forms

plural: salt shakers

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a shaker with a perforated top for sprinkling salt:saltshaker

Word family

4 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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