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