NOUN | person | shaker, mover and shaker | a person who wields power and influence |
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person | Shaker | a member of Christian group practicing celibacy and communal living and common possession of property and separation from the world | |
artifact | shaker | a container in which something can be shaken |
Sounds | shey'ker | |
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Rhymes | acre / Acre ... Zocor: 182 rhymes with ker... |
Meaning | A person who wields power and influence. | |
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Synonym | mover and shaker | |
Broader | person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul | A human being |
Meaning | A member of Christian group practicing celibacy and communal living and common possession of property and separation from the world. | |
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Member of | Shakers, United Society of Believers in Christ's Second Appearing | A celibate and communistic Christian sect in the United States |
Broader | Christian | A religious person who believes Jesus is the Christ and who is a member of a Christian denomination |
Meaning | A container in which something can be shaken. | |
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Narrower | caster, castor | A shaker with a perforated top for sprinkling powdered sugar |
cocktail shaker | A shaker for mixing cocktails | |
pepper shaker, pepper box, pepper pot | A shaker with a perforated top for sprinkling ground pepper | |
saltshaker, salt shaker | A shaker with a perforated top for sprinkling salt | |
Broader | container | Any object that can be used to hold things (especially a large metal boxlike object of standardized dimensions that can be loaded from one form of transport to another) |
Spanish | agitador | |
Catalan | agitador | |
Verbs | shake | move or cause to move back and forth |
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