Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

salt shaker

/ˈsɔltˌʃeɪkɚ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.21 in modern English

Syllables: salt shak-er
IPA: /ˈsɔltˌʃeɪkɚ/

17

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A small container designed to hold salt and facilitate sprinkling it on food for seasoning purposes.

Example Sentences

"Near-synonym: salt cellar"
"So she cut the crusts from a pair of chicken sandwiches and set them on a tray along with a saltshaker, a white peach, and a King James bible, and I climbed the stairs to his room."

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈsɔltˌʃeɪkɚ/

Inflected Forms

salt shakers (plural) saltshaker (alternative)

Phrases

salt substitute table salt

Frequently Paired Words

salt substitute table salt caster cruet pepper shaker peppershaker pepper mill peppermill

Synonyms

Lot's wife salt cellar saltshaker

Rhymes With

maker baker breaker taker shaker quaker laker faker sacre dacre nacre braker

Questions

How do you pronounce salt shaker?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈsɔltˌʃeɪkɚ/.
What does salt shaker mean?: A small container designed to hold salt and facilitate sprinkling it on food for seasoning purposes.

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