saltcellar

saltcellar

salt·cel·lar

S0047600 (sôlt′sĕl′ər)n. A small dish for holding and dispensing salt.

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[Alteration of Middle English salt-saler : salt, salt; see salt + saler, saltcellar (from Old French saliere, from Medieval Latin salāria, from Latin, feminine of salārius, of salt, from sāl, salt; see sal- in Indo-European roots).]

saltcellar

(ˈsɔːltˌsɛlə) n1. (Cookery) a small container for salt used at the table2. informal Brit either of the two hollows formed above the collarbones of very slim people[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]

salt•cel•lar

(ˈsɔltˌsɛl ər)

n. a shaker or dish for salt. [1400–50; by assimilation to cellar of earlier saler saltcellar, < Anglo-French; Old French saliere < Latin salāria, derivative of salārius (adj.) pertaining to salt; see salary]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

saltcellar - a small container for holding salt at the dining tablecontainer - any object that can be used to hold things (especially a large metal boxlike object of standardized dimensions that can be loaded from one form of transport to another)

Translations

saliera