shaker

/ˈʃeɪkər/
/ˈʃeɪkə/
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Definitions of shaker
  1. noun
    a person who wields power and influence
    “a shaker of traditional beliefs”
    synonyms: mover and shaker
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    type of:
    individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul
    a human being
  2. noun
    a container in which something can be shaken
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    caster, castor
    a shaker with a perforated top for sprinkling powdered sugar
    cocktail shaker
    a shaker for mixing cocktails
    pepper box, pepper pot, pepper shaker
    a shaker with a perforated top for sprinkling ground pepper
    salt shaker, saltshaker
    a shaker with a perforated top for sprinkling salt
    type of:
    container
    any object that can be used to hold things (especially a large metal boxlike object of standardized dimensions that can be loaded from one form of transport to another)
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