pepper-shaker

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a small container with perforations in its top, used for sprinkling ground pepper

   She passed the pepper-shaker across the table.

A transparent compound of pepper + shaker, naming the perforated container by the seasoning it holds and the shaking action used to dispense it.

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