cruet
pronunciation
How to pronounce cruet in British English:
UK [ˈkru:ɪt]
How to pronounce cruet in American English:
US [ˈkruɪt]
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- Noun:
- bottle that holds wine or oil or vinegar for the table
Word Origin
- cruet
- cruet: see crock
- cruet (n.)
- "small glass bottle for vinegar, oil, etc.," c. 1300, Anglo-French diminutive of Old French crue "an earthen pot," from Frankish *kruka or some other Germanic source (compare Old High German kruog); related to crock.
Example
- 1. Cruet stands of precious metal , for oil and vinegar .
- 2. Cruet stands for oil and vinegar , not of precious metal .
- 3. I feel very bad , like overturned cruet , uncomfortable that jin ah don 't mention .