[Elamur Dictionary](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/shaker/)

[dictionaries](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [English](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/) / [S](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/s/) / shaker

# shaker

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

«shaker» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A container with small holes in the lid for shaking out salt, pepper, sugar or other powder. [tree →](https://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://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://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://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shaker/#m4)
5. In «movers and shakers», important people who make things happen. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shaker/#m5)

### 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://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shaker/#x1)
- Our class played egg shakers along with the song. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shaker/#x2)
- The pepper shaker is empty again. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shaker/#x3)
- Dad mixes his protein drink in a plastic shaker. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shaker/#x4)
- The Shakers made simple wooden chairs that are still copied today. [tree →](https://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://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://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shaker/#x7)
- The shaker rattles like rain. [tree →](https://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».

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «shaker» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shaker/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«shaker» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/shaker.html) on Mova free.