salt shaker
Example Sentences
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She has fond memories of taking a salt shaker to the family garden so she could clip a few cucumbers and eat them right there in the sun.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2025
I grabbed a salt shaker from a nearby table, had my mom try the guacamole as-is, then salted it, stirred it with a tortilla chip, and asked her to try again.
From Salon • Feb. 21, 2024
About 70 percent of the sodium people eat comes from packaged, processed and restaurant foods, according to the FDA; not from the salt shaker on the kitchen counter.
From Washington Post • Oct. 13, 2021
The pepper mill came from Goodwill, an important score back when I was more poor; a beloved, nutty roommate swiped the salt shaker from a diner.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 7, 2017
It still has her five-dollar bill stuck under the salt shaker, a half-empty cup of coffee, a dirty fork and an empty place mat with syrup stains.
From "Wintergirls" by Laurie Halse Anderson
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
