pepper shaker
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- noun
- /ˈpɛpər ˈʃeɪkər/
:
pimentero
- The kitchen table had been set: salt and pepper shakers, a plate, glass, knife and fork, paper napkin.
- salt and pepper shaker
- glass pepper shaker
- little pepper shaker
We now have cute little Arabic people as salt and pepper shakers that are going to be on our table for the rest of our lives.
- We now have cute little Arabic people as salt and pepper shakers that are going to be on our table for the rest of our lives.
Examples
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They're salt and pepper shakers.
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Where is the salt and pepper shaker for that leaf?
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I got a pepper shaker.
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Looks like a little pepper shaker.
Fiction book (1997) -
On the table, he sees a pepper shaker and a round box of salt.
Fiction book (2000) -
Robert kept moving the salt and pepper shakers from square to square as he listened.
Fiction book (1994) -
The Fred's pepper shaker sat in front of him.
Fiction book (1992) -
The salt and pepper shakers clattered.
Fiction book (1998) -
"Why, and for what reason?" He picked up the pepper shaker and duplicated what he'd done with the salt.
Fiction book (1993) -
On the dining table, there was a glass pepper shaker next to the salt container.
Synonyms
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2.0
A small container you shake to add salt or mix drinks
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A small container with holes in the top for sprinkling ground pepper on food
A small container with holes on top for sprinkling pepper
A small container with holes for sprinkling pepper onto food
A small container with holes for sprinkling sugar or spices
How Easy
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional: 'pepper' (the spice) combined with 'shaker' (a perforated dispensing container) yields a container used to sprinkle pepper. This simple noun + noun compound follows a common cross-linguistic naming pattern and would be immediately understandable to a B1 learner who knows both constituents.
Etymology
Pepper shaker is a simple two-word name for a small container of ground pepper with a lid full of holes. The word shaker comes from the fact you 'shake' it so pepper falls onto your food, so it means the jar used to 'sprinkle' pepper.