Phrase guide

salt shaker

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • General-American: /ˈsɔltˌʃeɪkɚ/
  • rhymes with -eɪkə(ɹ)

1

noun

Meaning 1

A small container designed to hold salt and facilitate sprinkling it on food for seasoning purposes.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Near-synonym: salt cellar

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Lot's wife, salt cellar

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: shaker, dispenser

2

noun

Meaning 2

a shaker with a perforated top for sprinkling salt

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: saltshaker

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: shaker

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

75 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: soutstrooier — a small container designed to hold salt and facilitate sprinkling
  • Arabic: رَشَّاشَةْ الْمِلْح (raššāšat al-milḥ) — a small container designed to hold salt and facilitate sprinkling
  • Arabic: مَلَّاحَة — a small container designed to hold salt and facilitate sprinkling
  • Arabic: ملاحة (mallāḥa) — a small container designed to hold salt and facilitate sprinkling
  • Arabic: مملحة (mamlaḥa) — a small container designed to hold salt and facilitate sprinkling
  • Tunisian Arabic: مَلّاَحَةْ (mallaḥa) — a small container designed to hold salt and facilitate sprinkling
  • Armenian: աղաման (aġaman) — a small container designed to hold salt and facilitate sprinkling
  • Asturian: saleru — a small container designed to hold salt and facilitate sprinkling
  • Azerbaijani: duzqabı — a small container designed to hold salt and facilitate sprinkling
  • Azerbaijani: nəməkdan — a small container designed to hold salt and facilitate sprinkling
  • Basque: gatzontzi — a small container designed to hold salt and facilitate sprinkling
  • Bulgarian: солница (solnica) — a small container designed to hold salt and facilitate sprinkling
  • Bulgarian: солник (solnik) — a small container designed to hold salt and facilitate sprinkling
  • Catalan: saler — a small container designed to hold salt and facilitate sprinkling
  • Chinese Mandarin: 鹽瓶 /盐瓶 (yánpíng) — a small container designed to hold salt and facilitate sprinkling
  • Czech: slánka — a small container designed to hold salt and facilitate sprinkling
  • Czech: solnička — a small container designed to hold salt and facilitate sprinkling
  • Danish: saltbøsse — a small container designed to hold salt and facilitate sprinkling
  • Dutch: zoutvaatje — a small container designed to hold salt and facilitate sprinkling
  • Emilian: salèin — a small container designed to hold salt and facilitate sprinkling
  • Emilian: salarôl — a small container designed to hold salt and facilitate sprinkling
  • Emilian: salén (Modenese) — a small container designed to hold salt and facilitate sprinkling
  • Esperanto: salujo — a small container designed to hold salt and facilitate sprinkling
  • Estonian: soolatoos — a small container designed to hold salt and facilitate sprinkling
  • Finnish: suolasirotin — a small container designed to hold salt and facilitate sprinkling
  • French: salière — a small container designed to hold salt and facilitate sprinkling
  • Galician: saleiro — a small container designed to hold salt and facilitate sprinkling
  • Georgian: სამარილე (samarile) — a small container designed to hold salt and facilitate sprinkling
  • German: Salzstreuer — a small container designed to hold salt and facilitate sprinkling
  • German: Salzfässchen — a small container designed to hold salt and facilitate sprinkling
  • Greek: αλατιέρα (alatiéra) — a small container designed to hold salt and facilitate sprinkling
  • Hebrew: מלחייה \ מִלְחִיָּה (milkhiyá) — a small container designed to hold salt and facilitate sprinkling
  • Hungarian: sótartó — a small container designed to hold salt and facilitate sprinkling
  • Hungarian: sószóró — a small container designed to hold salt and facilitate sprinkling
  • Ido: saluyo — a small container designed to hold salt and facilitate sprinkling
  • Irish: sáiltéar — a small container designed to hold salt and facilitate sprinkling
  • Italian: saliera — a small container designed to hold salt and facilitate sprinkling
  • Italian: spargisale — a small container designed to hold salt and facilitate sprinkling
  • Japanese: 塩入れ (shioire) — a small container designed to hold salt and facilitate sprinkling
  • Kashubian: solnica — a small container designed to hold salt and facilitate sprinkling
  • Komi-Permyak: совдоз (sovdoz) — a small container designed to hold salt and facilitate sprinkling
  • Korean: 소금통 (sogeumtong) — a small container designed to hold salt and facilitate sprinkling
  • Korean: 소금병 (sogeumbyeong) — a small container designed to hold salt and facilitate sprinkling
  • Central Kurdish: خوێدان (xwêdan) — a small container designed to hold salt and facilitate sprinkling
  • Latin: salīnum — a small container designed to hold salt and facilitate sprinkling
  • Lithuanian: druskinė — a small container designed to hold salt and facilitate sprinkling
  • Macedonian: соларник (solarnik) — a small container designed to hold salt and facilitate sprinkling
  • Norwegian Bokmål: saltbøsse — a small container designed to hold salt and facilitate sprinkling
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: saltbøsse — a small container designed to hold salt and facilitate sprinkling
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: saltbørse — a small container designed to hold salt and facilitate sprinkling
  • Persian: نمکدان (namakdân) — a small container designed to hold salt and facilitate sprinkling
  • Plautdietsch: Soltstreia — a small container designed to hold salt and facilitate sprinkling
  • Polish: solniczka — a small container designed to hold salt and facilitate sprinkling
  • Portuguese: saleiro — a small container designed to hold salt and facilitate sprinkling
  • Romanian: solniță — a small container designed to hold salt and facilitate sprinkling
  • Romansh: salarin — a small container designed to hold salt and facilitate sprinkling
  • Russian: соло́нка (solónka) — a small container designed to hold salt and facilitate sprinkling
  • Samogitian: droskėnė — a small container designed to hold salt and facilitate sprinkling
  • Serbo-Croatian: сланик — a small container designed to hold salt and facilitate sprinkling
  • Serbo-Croatian: соланик — a small container designed to hold salt and facilitate sprinkling
  • Serbo-Croatian: тузлук — a small container designed to hold salt and facilitate sprinkling
  • Serbo-Croatian: slanik — a small container designed to hold salt and facilitate sprinkling
  • Serbo-Croatian: solanik — a small container designed to hold salt and facilitate sprinkling
  • Serbo-Croatian: tuzluk — a small container designed to hold salt and facilitate sprinkling
  • Slovak: soľnička — a small container designed to hold salt and facilitate sprinkling
  • Spanish: salero — a small container designed to hold salt and facilitate sprinkling
  • Spanish: potorro — a small container designed to hold salt and facilitate sprinkling
  • Spanish: potorro salino — a small container designed to hold salt and facilitate sprinkling
  • Swedish: saltkar — a small container designed to hold salt and facilitate sprinkling
  • Swedish: saltströare — a small container designed to hold salt and facilitate sprinkling
  • Turkish: tuzluk — a small container designed to hold salt and facilitate sprinkling
  • Ukrainian: сільни́чка (silʹnýčka) — a small container designed to hold salt and facilitate sprinkling
  • Ukrainian: сільни́ця (silʹnýcja) — a small container designed to hold salt and facilitate sprinkling
  • Ukrainian: соля́нка (soljánka) — a small container designed to hold salt and facilitate sprinkling
  • Walloon: sånî — a small container designed to hold salt and facilitate sprinkling