cruet

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Noun

cruet (plural cruets)

1. A small bottle or container used to hold a condiment, such as salt, pepper, oil, or vinegar, for use at a dining table.
   • 1851, Herman Melville, Moby Dick, chapter 17

     Mrs. Hussey soon appeared, with a mustard-pot in one hand and a vinegar-cruet in the other, having just broken away from the occupation of attending to the castors, and scolding her little black boy meantime.

2. (British) A stand for these containers.
3. A small vessel used to hold wine or water for the Eucharist.

Translations

• Italian: ampolla, flacone, boccetta
• Portuguese: galheteiro
• Russian: графинчик
• Spanish: vinajera

Translations

• Italian: ampolla
• Spanish: vinajera

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