Definition of "salt shaker" [salt shaker]

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

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• "In a Monell Chemical Senses Center study, using the salt shaker when eating a low-sodium 1,600 milligrams per day diet raised sodium levels only 20 percent to about 1,920 milligrams daily—still fairly low."
• "His sister and her husband insisted that he stay several weeks, but he left early on the third morning, prop­ping a note up against the salt shaker on the kitchen table."