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shaker
 
SYLLABICATION:shak·er
PRONUNCIATION:  shkr
NOUN:1a. One that shakes: a shaker of long-held beliefs and traditions. b. One that impels, encourages, or supervises action. 2a. A container used for shaking: salt and pepper shakers. b. A container used to mix or blend by shaking: a cocktail shaker. 3. Shaker A member of a Christian sect originating in England in 1747, practicing communal living and observing celibacy.
ADJECTIVE:also Shaker Relating to or constituting a style produced by Shakers that is distinctively simple, unornamented, functional, and finely crafted: Shaker furniture.
 
 
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