Pepperpot   Besides the dish what is a pepperpot or pepper pot  Wiktionary suggests that it is a synonym for pepper shaker but while I cant find a good reference other usages suggest that it is synonymous with pepper grinder  My hunch is that it is an alliterative term meant to accompany salt shaker or salt cellar but I dont know if it is most often used to refer to a pepper shaker or a pepper mill The pepperpot disambiguation page lists several things are named due to their resemblance to pepperpots but does not explain what one is