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Meaning of salt cellar | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

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

Equivalents

Azərbaycanca duzqabı

Bosanski slanica slanik tuzluk сланик сланица тузлук

Català saler

Čeština slánka solnička

Deutsch Salzfässchen Salzstreuer

Ελληνικά αλατιέρα

Español salero

فارسی نمکدان

Suomi suolasirotin

Français salière

Galego cacifo saleiro

Hrvatski slanica slanik tuzluk сланик сланица тузлук

Magyar sótartó

Հայերեն աղաման

Italiano saliera

日本語塩入れ

한국어 소금병 소금통

Latina salinum

Lëtzebuergesch Salzdëppchen

Македонски соларник

Nederlands zoutvat

Polski solniczka

Português saleiro

Română sărăriță solniță

Русский солонка

Slovenčina soľnička

Српски slanica slanik tuzluk сланик сланица тузлук

Svenska saltkar

Türkçe tuzluk

Українська сільни́чка солянка

Examples

“Soon afterwards, Biddy, Joe, and I, had a cold dinner together; but we dined in the best parlour, not in the old kitchen, and Joe was so exceedingly particular what he did with his knife and fork and the saltcellar and what not, that there was great restraint upon us.”

“And she had no love for the sea specially, regarding all winds as nuisances excepting such as had been raised by her own efforts, and thinking that salt from a saltcellar was more convenient than that brought to her on the breezes.”

CEFR level

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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