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salt⋅cel⋅lar

[sawlt-sel-er]

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–noun

a shaker or dish for salt.

Origin:
1400–50; salt ¹ + cellar, for earlier saler saltcellar, late ME < OF saliere < L salāria, n. use of fem. of salārius (adj.) pertaining to salt, equiv. to sal salt ¹ + -ārius -ary

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Main Entry:	salt cellar
Part of Speech:	n
Definition:	an open container for salt on a dining table
Example:	Fancier restaurants have salt cellars rather than salt shakers.
Etymology:	1434; fr Anglo-Norman saler 'salt cellar'

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saltcellar

1434, from salt + Anglo-Norm. *saler "saltcellar" (14c.), from O.Fr. salier "salt box," from L. salarium, from a dim. of L. sal "salt." As the connection between *saler and "salt" was lost, salt- was tacked on to the beginning; second element altered on model of cellar.

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