- (British English) (North American English also salt shaker)
a small container for salt, usually with one hole in the top, that is used at the table （餐桌用）小盐瓶 
- (North American English)
a small open dish containing salt 盐碟
Word Originlate Middle English: from salt + obsolete saler, from Old French salier ‘salt-box’, from Latin salarium, originally denoting a Roman soldier's allowance to buy salt, from sal ‘salt’. The change in spelling of the second word was due to association with cellar.