saltcellar

[ sawlt-sel-er ]

/ ˈsɔltˌsɛl ər /

noun

a shaker or dish for salt.

Origin of saltcellar

1400–50; salt¹ + cellar, for earlier saler saltcellar, late Middle English <Old French saliere<Latin salāria, noun use of feminine of salārius (adj.) pertaining to salt, equivalent to salsalt¹ + -ārius-ary

Words nearby saltcellar

salt bath, salt-box, saltbush, salt cake, salt cedar, saltcellar, salt chuck, saltchucker, salt cod, salt dome, Salteaux

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Example sentences from the Web for saltcellar

The user was expected to sprinkle the liquid over the fire just as salt is sprinkled from a saltcellar over meat.
The Wonder Book of Knowledge|Various
There is a saltcellar of state, so called, and there may be a castor of state.
Moby Dick; or The Whale|Herman Melville
Set the saltcellar on your lords right, and trenchers on the left of it.
Early English Meals and Manners|Various
Saltcellar, sawlt′sel-ar, n. a small table vessel for holding salt.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements)|Various

British Dictionary definitions for saltcellar

saltcellar

/ (ˈsɔːltˌsɛlə) /

noun

a small container for salt used at the table

British informal either of the two hollows formed above the collarbones of very slim people

Word Origin for saltcellar

changed (through influence of cellar) from C15 salt saler; saler from Old French saliere container for salt, from Latin salārius belonging to salt, from sal salt

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

单词	saltcellar
释义	saltcellar [ sawlt-sel-er ] / ˈsɔltˌsɛl ər / noun a shaker or dish for salt. Origin of saltcellar 1400–50; salt¹ + cellar, for earlier saler saltcellar, late Middle English <Old French saliere<Latin salāria, noun use of feminine of salārius (adj.) pertaining to salt, equivalent to salsalt¹ + -ārius-ary Words nearby saltcellar salt bath, salt-box, saltbush, salt cake, salt cedar, saltcellar, salt chuck, saltchucker, salt cod, salt dome, Salteaux Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for saltcellar The user was expected to sprinkle the liquid over the fire just as salt is sprinkled from a saltcellar over meat. The Wonder Book of Knowledge\|Various There is a saltcellar of state, so called, and there may be a castor of state. Moby Dick; or The Whale\|Herman Melville Set the saltcellar on your lords right, and trenchers on the left of it. Early English Meals and Manners\|Various Saltcellar, sawlt′sel-ar, n. a small table vessel for holding salt. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements)\|Various British Dictionary definitions for saltcellar saltcellar / (ˈsɔːltˌsɛlə) / noun a small container for salt used at the table British informal either of the two hollows formed above the collarbones of very slim people Word Origin for saltcellar changed (through influence of cellar) from C15 salt saler; saler from Old French saliere container for salt, from Latin salārius belonging to salt, from sal salt Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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