Salt-cellar

  • 11salt cellar — noun (C) BrE a small container for salt; salt shaker AmE …

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  • 12ˈsalt ˌcellar — noun [C] British a small container with a lid that has holes in it, used for pouring salt on food …

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  • 13Cellini Salt Cellar — The Cellini Salt Cellar (in Vienna called the Saliera Italian for salt cellar) is a part enameled gold table sculpture by Benvenuto Cellini. It was completed in 1543 for Francis I of France, from models that had been prepared many years earlier… …

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  • 14Salt and pepper shakers — are condiment holders used in Western culture that are designed to allow food eaters to distribute edible salt and ground pepper. [Nelson, W. (2007) [http://thecookskitchen.net/2007/01/04/spepper %E2%80%93 salt and pepper seasoning/ Spepper –… …

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  • 15salt shaker — salt .shaker n AmE a small container for salt British Equivalent: salt cellar …

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  • 16salt shaker — salt ,shaker noun count AMERICAN a small container with a lid that has holes, used for pouring salt on food. British salt cellar …

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  • 17salt shaker — salt shakers N COUNT A salt shaker is the same as a salt cellar. [mainly AM] …

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  • 18salt — {{11}}salt (n.) O.E. sealt (noun and adjective), from P.Gmc. *saltom (Cf. O.S., O.N., O.Fris., Goth. salt, Du. zout, Ger. Salz), from PIE *sal salt (Cf. Gk. hals salt, sea, L. sal, O.C.S. soli, O.Ir. salann, Welsh halen, O.C …

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  • 19salt — [sɔ:lt, sɒlt] noun 1》 (also common salt) sodium chloride, a white crystalline substance which gives seawater its characteristic taste and is used for seasoning or preserving food.     ↘literary something which adds freshness or piquancy. 2》… …

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  • 20cellar */ — UK [ˈselə(r)] / US [ˈselər] noun [countable] Word forms cellar : singular cellar plural cellars 1) a room under a building, below the level of the ground, usually used for storing things 2) a collection of wines in a restaurant or someone s home… …

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