Meanings
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noun
a small container with perforations in its top, used for sprinkling ground pepper
She passed the pepper-shaker across the table.
Thesaurus
Word family
Forms
pepper-shakers
Related forms
salt shakerpepper mill
Etymology
A transparent compound of pepper + shaker, naming the perforated container by the seasoning it holds and the shaking action used to dispense it.