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shaker

DEFINITIONS OF: shaker

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n a person who wields power and influence

“a shaker of traditional beliefs”
Synonyms:
mover and shaker
Type of:
individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul
a human being

n 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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