salt cellar

Meaning

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”).

Synonyms

saltshaker

salt shaker

standing salt

Translations

salière

salero

αλατιέρα

Salzstreuer

Salzfässchen

saleiro

tuzluk

saliera

spargisale

مملحة

Etymology

Cognate with English: cellar

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.