Definition of "saltcellar" [salt•cel•lar]

• A small dish for holding and dispensing salt. (noun)

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• "There were water buckets, assorted bottles and flasks, a saltcellar, and a mortar and pestle."
• "From its four hands hung the crystal saltcellar that had been a wedding gift from her mother."
• "So when a $50 million 16th-century sculpted saltcellar went missing from Vienna's art-history museum last month, officials knew right away whom to call."