salad

ˈsæl.əd

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#1·8h ago

A food made primarily of a mixture of raw or cold ingredients, typically vegetables, usually served with a dressing such as vinegar or mayonnaise.

At various times and in different areas salads, compounded of meats, spices, tubers have been treated as of aphrodisiac value.

Origin: From , from , borrowed from Northern , salata (compare insalata), from , from *salāre, from , from salt. Vegetables were seasoned with brine or salty oil-and-vinegar dressings during Roman times. Origin information sourced from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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#2·8h ago

A raw vegetable of the kind used in salads.

chicken salad

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#3·8h ago

(idiomatic) Any varied blend or mixture.

We'd like a couple of cheese salads and two Pepsis, please.

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