Definitions
bottle that holds wine or oil or vinegar for the table
Word origin
From Middle English, from Anglo-Norman cruet, diminutive of Old French crue (“an earthen pot”), from Old Saxon krūka.
Used in a sentence
“Near-synonym: shaker (sometimes synonymous)”
“The sideboard was covered with glistening old plate—old cups, both gold and silver; old salvers and cruet-stands, like Rundell and Bridge's shop.”
“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.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Table vinegar bottle”5 letters
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