saltshaker
noun
salt·shak·er
ˈsȯlt-ˌshā-kər 
: a container with a perforated top for sprinkling salt
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The first 100 customers each day will receive a coupon for a free menu item along with – Milo’s Bottled Sauce on Day 1, a Milo’s saltshaker on Day 2, and a Milo’s tumbler on Day 3.
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William Thornton | Wthornton@al.com, al, 18 Jan. 2023
The biggest culprit, though, isn't the saltshaker.
—Susan Puckett, CNN, 3 Dec. 2021
Cubic, granular, and very fine, this is your typical saltshaker stuff.
—Bon Appétit, 28 Sep. 2021
Among its exhibits are the stomach contents of a pica patient who swallowed 1,446 such objects, including saltshaker tops, thimbles and pins.
—Washington Post, 5 Aug. 2021
Alam slid a saltshaker back and forth between his hands.
—Matthew Shaer, New York Times, 2 Nov. 2020
Jack would mock-sing into a saltshaker when good music came on in the nursing home dining room.
—Longreads, 14 Apr. 2020
When the experiment reaches frequencies of 10 GHz or so, the cavities would have to be quite small, about the size of saltshakers, Carosi says.
—Rachel Courtland, IEEE Spectrum, 1 May 2014
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William Thornton | Wthornton@al.com, al, 18 Jan. 2023
The biggest culprit, though, isn't the saltshaker.
—Susan Puckett, CNN, 3 Dec. 2021
Cubic, granular, and very fine, this is your typical saltshaker stuff.
—Bon Appétit, 28 Sep. 2021
Among its exhibits are the stomach contents of a pica patient who swallowed 1,446 such objects, including saltshaker tops, thimbles and pins.
—Washington Post, 5 Aug. 2021
Alam slid a saltshaker back and forth between his hands.
—Matthew Shaer, New York Times, 2 Nov. 2020
Jack would mock-sing into a saltshaker when good music came on in the nursing home dining room.
—Longreads, 14 Apr. 2020
When the experiment reaches frequencies of 10 GHz or so, the cavities would have to be quite small, about the size of saltshakers, Carosi says.
—Rachel Courtland, IEEE Spectrum, 1 May 2014
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saltshaker
noun
salt·shak·er
ˈsȯlt-ˌshā-kər
: a container having a top with holes in it for sprinkling salt
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