Definition of "cruet" [cru•et]

• A small glass bottle for holding a condiment, such as vinegar or oil. (noun)
• Ecclesiastical A small vessel for holy water or for water or wine used in the consecration of the Eucharist. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "If he comes home late after a busy day, and has a quiet little supper alone he doesn’t want you to jump up and down like a Jack-in-a-box with “would you like more pepper darling?” and present him with the cruet from the opposite end of the table when he already has one in front of him."
• "A kind of cruet is recorded among early French table silver, "a double necked bottle in divisions, in which to place two kinds of liquor without mixing them.""
• "Any restaurant can invest in new cruet sets, a serious steak grill – the must-have accessory in London's high-end kitchens these days – or enough crisp linen to wrap the Reichstag."