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# shaker

«shaker» in Mova's school dictionary: **A container with small holes in the lid for shaking out…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a shaker, shakers); Shaker (a member of a religious group)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A container with small holes in the lid for shaking out salt, pepper, sugar or other powder. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shaker/#m1)

2) A container you shake to mix drinks, such as a protein or milkshake shaker. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shaker/#m2)

3) A musical instrument filled with beads or seeds that rattles when shaken, like a maraca or egg shaker. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shaker/#m3)

4) A Shaker is a member of a small Christian group in the USA, famous for simple handmade furniture and for shaking or dancing in worship. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shaker/#m4)

5) In «movers and shakers», important people who make things happen. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shaker/#m5)

### sense in the lessons

In music lessons young pupils play egg shakers and maracas to keep the beat; in the kitchen salt and pepper shakers sit on the table. In history and religion lessons the Shakers show a group that lived simply and made plain, careful furniture. Phrases: «salt shaker», «pepper shaker», «movers and shakers», «Shaker style».

### examples

- Can you pass the salt shaker, please? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shaker/#x1)
- Our class played egg shakers along with the song. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shaker/#x2)
- The pepper shaker is empty again. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shaker/#x3)
- Dad mixes his protein drink in a plastic shaker. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shaker/#x4)
- The Shakers made simple wooden chairs that are still copied today. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shaker/#x5)
- She is one of the movers and shakers in our town, always starting new projects. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shaker/#x6)
- We made shakers by putting rice in yoghurt pots and taping them shut. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shaker/#x7)
- The shaker rattles like rain. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shaker/#x8)

### note

Countable. In the UK a salt shaker is often called a «salt cellar», in the USA a «salt shaker». «Shaker» with a capital S is the religious group or the style of furniture. Comes from the verb «shake».

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «shaker» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shaker/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.