Wiktionary
alt. A small container designed to hold pepper and facilitate sprinkling it on food for seasoning purposes. n. A small container designed to hold pepper and facilitate sprinkling it on food for seasoning purposes.
WordNet
n. a shaker with a perforated top for sprinkling ground pepper [syn: pepper box, pepper pot]
Usage examples of "pepper shaker".
He pointed at the salt shaker, pointed at the pepper shaker, formed a V with the forefinger and middle finger of his right hand, and blinked at me tearfully, expectantly.
When he turned around to put them on the tray he palmed the pepper shaker and brought his hand down into the shadows between him and the side of the car.
I stare at the plate for a long time and when I ask for some water, our waiter reappears with a pepper shaker instead and insists on hanging around our table, constantly asking us at five‑.
It hadn't matched any pepper shaker in the apartment, and Arkady guessed that it had sat on top of the pile like a tiny lighthouse, pulsating gamma rays.
He might move the salt and pepper shaker set from the left to the right side of the old wooden bowl that sat in the middle of the dining table.
He touched the salt and pepper shaker on the table in front of him, pushed the sugar bowl against the wall.
He looked up, holding a salt shaker in his left hand and a pepper shaker in his right.
George managed to catch the pepper shaker before it hit the floor, but there was nothing that he could do for Anna except let nature run its course.