Meanings
nounsalt shaker (plural salt shakers)
plural salt shakers · alternative saltshaker
- A small container designed to hold salt and facilitate sprinkling it on food for seasoning purposes.
Near-synonym: salt cellar
1 more example
So she cut the crusts from a pair of chicken sandwiches and set them on a tray along with a saltshaker, a white peach, and a King James bible, and I climbed the stairs to his room.
1995, Michael Chabon, Wonder Boys, Ch.1, at p.4Synonyms: Lot's wife, salt cellar
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA small container designed to hold salt and facilitate sprinkling it on food for seasoning purposes.
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Translations
Afrikaans soutstrooier
- soutstrooiera small container designed to hold salt and facilitate sprinkling
Arabic رَشَّاشَةْ الْمِلْح
- رَشَّاشَةْ الْمِلْح (raššāšat al-milḥ)a small container designed to hold salt and facilitate sprinkling
Basque gatzontzi
- gatzontzia small container designed to hold salt and facilitate sprinkling
Bulgarian солница, солник
- солница (solnica)a small container designed to hold salt and facilitate sprinkling
- солник (solnik)a small container designed to hold salt and facilitate sprinkling
Catalan saler
- salera small container designed to hold salt and facilitate sprinkling
Chinese Mandarin 鹽瓶 /盐瓶
- 鹽瓶 /盐瓶 (yánpíng)a small container designed to hold salt and facilitate sprinkling
Czech slánka, solnička
- slánkaa small container designed to hold salt and facilitate sprinkling
- solničkaa small container designed to hold salt and facilitate sprinkling
Danish saltbøsse
- saltbøssea small container designed to hold salt and facilitate sprinkling
Dutch zoutvaatje
- zoutvaatjea small container designed to hold salt and facilitate sprinkling
Esperanto salujo
- salujoa small container designed to hold salt and facilitate sprinkling
Estonian soolatoos
- soolatoosa small container designed to hold salt and facilitate sprinkling
Finnish suolasirotin
- suolasirotina small container designed to hold salt and facilitate sprinkling
French salière
- salièrea small container designed to hold salt and facilitate sprinkling
German Salzstreuer, Salzfässchen
- Salzstreuera small container designed to hold salt and facilitate sprinkling
- Salzfässchena small container designed to hold salt and facilitate sprinkling
Greek αλατιέρα
- αλατιέρα (alatiéra)a small container designed to hold salt and facilitate sprinkling
Hebrew מלחייה \ מִלְחִיָּה
- מלחייה \ מִלְחִיָּה (milkhiyá)a small container designed to hold salt and facilitate sprinkling
Hungarian sótartó, sószóró
- sótartóa small container designed to hold salt and facilitate sprinkling
- sószóróa small container designed to hold salt and facilitate sprinkling
Irish sáiltéar
- sáiltéara small container designed to hold salt and facilitate sprinkling
Italian saliera, spargisale
- salieraa small container designed to hold salt and facilitate sprinkling
- spargisalea small container designed to hold salt and facilitate sprinkling
Japanese 塩入れ
- 塩入れ (shioire)a small container designed to hold salt and facilitate sprinkling
Korean 소금통, 소금병
- 소금통 (sogeumtong)a small container designed to hold salt and facilitate sprinkling
- 소금병 (sogeumbyeong)a small container designed to hold salt and facilitate sprinkling
Latin salīnum
- salīnuma small container designed to hold salt and facilitate sprinkling
Lithuanian druskinė
- druskinėa small container designed to hold salt and facilitate sprinkling
Norwegian Bokmål saltbøsse
- saltbøssea small container designed to hold salt and facilitate sprinkling
Persian نمکدان
- نمکدان (namakdân)a small container designed to hold salt and facilitate sprinkling
Polish solniczka
- solniczkaa small container designed to hold salt and facilitate sprinkling
Portuguese saleiro
- saleiroa small container designed to hold salt and facilitate sprinkling
Romanian solniță
- solnițăa small container designed to hold salt and facilitate sprinkling
Russian соло́нка
- соло́нка (solónka)a small container designed to hold salt and facilitate sprinkling
Slovak soľnička
- soľničkaa small container designed to hold salt and facilitate sprinkling
Spanish salero, potorro
- saleroa small container designed to hold salt and facilitate sprinkling
- potorroa small container designed to hold salt and facilitate sprinkling
- potorro salinoa small container designed to hold salt and facilitate sprinkling
Swedish saltkar, saltströare
- saltkara small container designed to hold salt and facilitate sprinkling
- saltströarea small container designed to hold salt and facilitate sprinkling
Turkish tuzluk
- tuzluka small container designed to hold salt and facilitate sprinkling
Ukrainian сільни́чка, сільни́ця
- сільни́чка (silʹnýčka)a small container designed to hold salt and facilitate sprinkling
- сільни́ця (silʹnýcja)a small container designed to hold salt and facilitate sprinkling
- соля́нка (soljánka)a small container designed to hold salt and facilitate sprinkling
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with salt shaker
makerbakerbreakershakerquakertakerlakersacrenacrefakerDacrebrakerawakerflakerflymakermistakerorganmakerSitarmaker
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APA
salt shaker. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/salt%20shaker
MLA
“salt shaker.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/salt%20shaker. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “salt shaker,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/salt%20shaker.
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