shaker
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2.0
- noun
- /ˈʃeɪkər/
:
salero (para condimentos)
- Then I go over to Money Feed and Supply and buy a salt-shaker-sized container of fish food.
- salt shaker
- egg shaker
- rotary shaker
Anyways, I'm gonna use my shaker for the greens.
- Anyways, I'm gonna use my shaker for the greens.
- So I, I do also use a straw even with my shaker lid like that's, that's delicious.
- It already has a strainer right in the top of this little shaker.
- There is nothing more disgusting than the smell of, like, a protein shaker.
- Do you remember McDonald's had salad shakers?
- We know what the fuck salt shaker I la puzo tape that's stupid.
- I love pineapples and martini shaker pineapple.
- So take what I say with humility and a salt shaker.
Examples
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The kitchen table had been set: salt and pepper shakers, a plate, glass, knife and fork, paper napkin.
Fiction book (1999) -
And you also ought to take it with a bowl or a shaker of salt.
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But you know, that very same salt shaker had been on that kitchen table for over fifty years.
Academic text (1999) -
I got a pepper shaker.
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How about a cocktail shaker?
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On the table, he sees a pepper shaker and a round box of salt.
Fiction book (2000) -
Now what we're going to do, we're going to fill our shakers up with ice.
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Where is the salt and pepper shaker for that leaf?
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At dinner, I reached for the shaker to add some salt to my meal.
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She grabbed the shaker and sprinkled pepper on her salad.
Synonyms
25
3.5
A device that gives small amounts of liquid like soap or water
7
1.0
A small container with holes in the top that you use to sprinkle salt on food
4
1.2
A small container with holes in the top for sprinkling ground pepper
1
2.7
A container with a tight lid that you shake with ice to mix drinks
A small container with holes for sprinkling sugar or spices
Compounds
A very large plant-eating dinosaur from western North America that lived long ago
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Etymology
Shaker comes from the verb shake ('move something quickly') plus -er meaning 'a thing that does'. So a shaker is a small container you 'shake' to mix a drink or to pour salt, pepper, or other spices.