From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishpepper potˈpepper pot British English, pepper shaker American English noun [countable] 
DFUa small container with little holes in the top, used for shaking pepper onto food
DFUa small container with little holes in the top, used for shaking pepper onto foodExamples from the Corpus
pepper pot• And after a long moment he reached across and replaced the pepper pot. 