Word Meanings - SALTCELLAR - Book Publishers vocabulary database
Formerly a large vessel, now a small vessel of glass or other material, used for holding salt on the table.
Related words: (words related to SALTCELLAR)
- TABLER
1. One who boards. 2. One who boards others for hire. B. Jonson. - HOLD
The whole interior portion of a vessel below the lower deck, in which the cargo is stowed. - TABLEAU VIVANT
See 2 - TABLEMAN
A man at draughts; a piece used in playing games at tables. See Table, n., 10. Bacon. - OTHERGUISE; OTHERGUESS
Of another kind or sort; in another way. "Otherguess arguments." Berkeley. - GLASSEN
Glassy; glazed. And pursues the dice with glassen eyes. B. Jonson. - FORMERLY
In time past, either in time immediately preceding or at any indefinite distance; of old; heretofore. - SMALLISH
Somewhat small. G. W. Cable. - HOLDBACK
1. Check; hindrance; restraint; obstacle. The only holdback is the affection . . . that we bear to our wealth. Hammond. 2. The projection or loop on the thill of a vehicle. to which a strap of the harness is attached, to hold back a carriage when - GLASSINESS
The quality of being glassy. - GLASSWORT
A seashore plant of the Spinach family , with succulent jointed stems; also, a prickly plant of the same family , both formerly burned for the sake of the ashes, which yield soda for making glass and soap. - GLASS-ROPE
A remarkable vitreous sponge, of the genus Hyalonema, first brought from Japan. It has a long stem, consisting of a bundle of long and large, glassy, siliceous fibers, twisted together. - HOLDER-FORTH
One who speaks in public; an haranguer; a preacher. Addison. - GLASSILY
So as to resemble glass. - MATERIALNESS
The state of being material. - HOLDER
One who is employed in the hold of a vessel. - GLASS MAKER; GLASSMAKER
One who makes, or manufactures, glass. -- Glass" mak`ing, or Glass"mak`ing, n. - GLASS-SPONGE
A siliceous sponge, of the genus Hyalonema, and allied genera; -- so called from their glassy fibers or spicules; -- called also vitreous sponge. See Glass-rope, and Euplectella. - OTHER
Either; -- used with other or or for its correlative (as either . . . or are now used). Other of chalk, other of glass. Chaucer. - TABLESPOON
A spoon of the largest size commonly used at the table; -- distinguished from teaspoon, dessert spoon, etc. - MOUNTABLE
Such as can be mounted. - IMPALATABLE
Unpalatable. - NOTOTHERIUM
An extinct genus of gigantic herbivorous marsupials, found in the Pliocene formation of Australia. - MISINTERPRETABLE
Capable of being misinterpreted; liable to be misunderstood. - UNWARRANTABLE
Not warrantable; indefensible; not vindicable; not justifiable; illegal; unjust; improper. -- Un*war"rant*a*ble*ness, n. -- Un*war"rant*a*bly, adv. - POSTABLE
Capable of being carried by, or as by, post. W. Montagu. - IMPREVENTABLE
Not preventable; invitable. - ACCEPTABLE
Capable, worthy, or sure of being accepted or received with pleasure; pleasing to a receiver; gratifying; agreeable; welcome; as, an acceptable present, one acceptable to us. - SUPPORTABLE
Capable of being supported, maintained, or endured; endurable. -- Sup*port"a*ble*ness, n. -- Sup*port"a*bly, adv. - INTESTABLE
Not capable of making a will; not legally qualified or competent to make a testament. Blackstone. - MARKETABLENESS
Quality of being marketable. - INHOLD
To have inherent; to contain in itself; to possess. Sir W. Raleigh. - COUNTABLE
Capable of being numbered. - ISOGEOTHERMAL; ISOGEOTHERMIC
Pertaining to, having the nature of, or marking, isogeotherms; as, an isogeothermal line or surface; as isogeothermal chart. -- n. - CONTRADICTABLE
Capable of being contradicting. - INEXPECTABLE
Not to be expected or anticipated. Bp. Hall. - SMOTHER
Etym: 1. To destroy the life of by suffocation; to deprive of the air necessary for life; to cover up closely so as to prevent breathing; to suffocate; as, to smother a child. 2. To affect as by suffocation; to stife; to deprive of air by a thick