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SORLT-sel-uh/ˈsɔːlt ˌselə/

A salt cellar (id: salt-cellar) is a small pot for salt on a dining table (UK). A pepper pot is for pepper; a cellar under a house is a basement. Dining hall: the salt cellar is not a science sample; do not take it to chemistry.

Meaning

A small pot for salt on a dining table (UK).

Examples

• “The salt cellar in the dining hall is not a science sample; do not take it to chemistry.”
• “A salt-cellar spill still gets wiped; pouring a heap on a mate’s chips is a behaviour log.”

Good to know

a salt cellar (UK). Contrast: a pepper pot / a cellar (basement). Dining hall. Countable pots. Mix-up: a cellar is usually an underground room; a salt cellar is the table pot. US: a salt shaker.

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