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salad (sal′əd)

noun

  1. a dish, usually cold, of raw or sometimes cooked vegetables or fruits in various combinations, served with a dressing, or molded in gelatin, and sometimes with seafood, poultry, eggs, etc. added
    1. any green plant or herb used for such a dish or eaten raw
    2. Dialectal lettuce
  3. ☆ a finely chopped or ground food mixed with mayonnaise, seasonings, etc. and served as on lettuce or in a sandwich tuna salad, egg salad sandwich

Etymology: ME salat < MFr salade < Prov salada < VL *salata < fem. pp. of *salare, to salt < L sal, salt

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salad Synonyms

salad

n.

salad greens, slaw, mixture, combination, mélange (French).

Common salads include: green, tossed, garden, vegetable, fruit, tomato, cucumber, mixed, rice, potato, macaroni, bean, combination, chef's, seafood, tuna, shrimp, lobster, crab, chicken, ham, egg, Waldorf, Caesar, Greek, Niçoise, pineapple, banana, gelatin, molded, frozen; cole slaw.


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salad Usage Examples

Preposition: with

  • vinaigrette: Tasty variations: Grilled chicken breasts can be sliced and served on top of a tossed green salad with a light vinaigrette dressing.

Converse of object

  • toss: Pour over the remaining French dressing and toss the salad gently.

Adjective modifier

  • crunchy: Serve with a crunchy mixed salad RECIPE TIP - Red onions, green peppers or chopped fine beans can also be used.

Modifies a noun

  • garnish: A Cornish Pasty Supper comprising a hot Cornish Pasty with a salad garnish is served to your table at about 7.30pm.

Noun used with modifier

  • Caesar: Alas, even Burger King now has a Caesar Salad on the menu, which might just finish off the poor beast.
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salad quotes

Our Garrick's a salad; for in him we see Oil, vinegar, sugar, and saltness agree.

-Goldsmith, Oliver

   Salad is not a meal. It is a style.

-Lebowitz, Fran(ces Ann)

To make a good salad isto be a brilliant diplomatistöthe problem is entirely the same in both cases. To know exactly how much oil one must put with one's vinegar.

-Wilde, Oscar Fingal O'FlahertieWills

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