a dish or container for storing salt, now typically a closed container with perforations in the lid for sprinkling.
informal a deep hollow that is sometimes evident above the collarbone: you could see the salt cellars in her neck
Origin:
late Middle English: from salt + obsolete saler, from Old French salier 'salt-box', from Latin salarium(see salary). The change in spelling of the second word was due to association with cellar
