the salt-cellar
1Salt cellar — A salt cellar is a bowl, usually small, for holding salt. The use of salt cellars continued through the 1940s, but has been in decline since and been gradually replaced with salt shakers. The exterior surfaces of modern cellars are frequently… …
2Cellini 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… …
3salt cellar — salt cellars N COUNT A salt cellar is a small container for salt with a hole or holes in the top for shaking salt onto food. [BRIT] (in AM, use salt shaker) …
4salt cellar — noun a dish or container for storing salt, typically a closed container with perforations in the lid for sprinkling. Origin ME: from salt + obs. saler, from OFr. salier salt box , from L. salarium (see salary); the change in spelling of the… …
5salt-cellar — n. 1 a vessel holding salt for table use. 2 colloq. an unusually deep hollow above the collar bone, esp. found in women. Etymology: SALT + obs. saler f. AF f. OF salier salt box f. L (as SALARY), assim. to CELLAR …
6salt cellar — noun a) A small open container holding salt for use in the kitchen or on a dining table b) A salt shaker …
7sit below the salt — ► sit below the salt be of lower social standing. [ORIGIN: from the former custom of placing a salt cellar in the middle of a dining table with the host at one end.] Main Entry: ↑salt …
8sit below the salt — be of lower social standing. [from the former custom of placing a salt cellar in the middle of a dining table with the host at one end.] → salt …
9Salt 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 –… …
10salt shaker — salt shakers N COUNT A salt shaker is the same as a salt cellar. [mainly AM] …
