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cruet

noun as in bottle

noun as in decanter

Strongest matches

Weak match

noun as in jar

noun as in pitcher

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Example Sentences

He was shedding tears copiously, and wiping them on a cruet-stand he carried in one hand.

There were little domesticities of intimate life about him, an empty soup-dish, a cruet-stand, a plate and a spoon.

Hang the pepper-box to his nose, nurse, then he will be a cruet.

This simple yet ingenious contrivance is far prettier than our somewhat vulgar cruet-stand.

A short time before he had calmly looked me in the face across the table, and pledged me in the vinegar-cruet, which he emptied.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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