Caesar-salad definition
A tossed salad of greens, croutons, grated cheese, and sometimes anchovies, with a dressing of olive oil, raw egg, lemon juice, garlic, and seasonings.
noun
A salad of greens, grated cheese, croutons, anchovies, etc. with a dressing of olive oil, lemon juice, garlic, and raw or coddled eggs.
noun
(cooking, countable and uncountable) A type of salad, generally made from romaine lettuce, croutons, parmesan cheese, coddled or hard-boiled eggs, fresh-ground black pepper and Worcestershire sauce.
Would you like some Caesar salad for lunch?
Of all the Caesar salads I've tasted, this is the finest.
noun
A serving of such salad.
Would you like a Caesar salad for lunch?
noun
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Alternative Form of caesar-salad -
csar-salad
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Noun
Singular:
caesar-salad
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caesar-saladsOrigin of caesar-salad
- Possibly after Caesar's , a restaurant in Tijuana, Mexico
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- Named after (Italian-born) US restaurateur Caesar Cardini (1896–1956) who is generally thought to have invented it for his Tijuana restaurant in 1924.
From Wiktionary