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may·o

 (mā′ō)
n. Informal
Mayonnaise.
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Mayo

(ˈmeɪəʊ)
n
(Placename) a county of NW Republic of Ireland, in NW Connacht province, on the Atlantic: has many offshore islands and several large lakes. County town: Castlebar. Pop: 117 446 (2002). Area: 5397 sq km (2084 sq miles)

Mayo

(ˈmeɪəʊ)
n
(Biography) a family of US medical practitioners. They pioneered group practice and established (1903) the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. Foremost among them were William Worrall Mayo (1819–1911), his sons William James Mayo (1861–1939) and Charles Horace Mayo (1865–1939), and Charles's son, Charles William Mayo (1898–1968)
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may•o

(ˈmeɪ oʊ)

n.
mayonnaise.
[by shortening; compare -o]

May•o

(ˈmeɪ oʊ)

n.
1. Charles Horace, 1865–1939, and his brother William James, 1861–1939, U.S. surgeons.
2. a county in NW Connaught province, in the NW Republic of Ireland. 115,016; 2084 sq. mi. (5400 sq. km).
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.mayo - egg yolks and oil and vinegarmayo - egg yolks and oil and vinegar  
mayonnaise
dressing, salad dressing - savory dressings for salads; basically of two kinds: either the thin French or vinaigrette type or the creamy mayonnaise type
green mayonnaise, sauce verte - mayonnaise with tarragon or dill and chopped watercress and spinach or cucumber
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Translations

mayo

[ˈmeɪəʊ] n abbr (=mayonnaise) → mayo f
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mayo

n (US inf) → Mayonnaise f, → Majonäse f, → Mayo f (inf)
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Men like Al Mayo and Jack McQuestion antedated him; but they had entered the land by crossing the Rockies from the Hudson Bay country to the east.
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