salad
[ sal-uh d ]
/ ˈsæl əd /
noun
a usually cold dish consisting of vegetables, as lettuce, tomatoes, and cucumbers, covered with a dressing and sometimes containing seafood, meat, or eggs.
any of various dishes consisting of foods, as meat, seafood, eggs, pasta, or fruit, prepared singly or combined, usually cut up, mixed with a dressing, and served cold: chicken salad; potato salad.
any herb or green vegetable, as lettuce, used for salads or eaten raw.
South Midland and Southern U.S.
greens(def 22b).
any mixture or assortment: The usual salad of writers, artists, and musicians attended the party.
Words nearby salad
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British Dictionary definitions for salad
salad
/ (ˈsæləd) /
noun
a dish of raw vegetables, such as lettuce, tomatoes, etc, served as a separate course with cold meat, eggs, etc, or as part of a main course
any dish of cold vegetables or fruit
potato salad; fruit salad
any green vegetable used in such a dish, esp lettuce
Word Origin for salad
C15: from Old French
salade, from Old Provençal
salada, from
salar to season with salt, from Latin
sal salt