salt cellar

Εννοια (Αγγλικός)

  1. A small open container holding salt for use in the kitchen or on a dining table.
  2. (UK) Synonym of salt shaker (“a closed container with perforated lid for sprinkling salt”).

Έννοιες

αλατιέρα

Συνώνυμα

Ετυμολογία (Αγγλικός)

In summary

From salt + cellar, from 15th Century Middle English saler, from Middle French salier, from Latin salārius (“relating to salt”), from Latin sāl (“salt”). Modified based on originally unrelated English cellar.

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