salad

sal·ad  (sld)

n.

1.

a. A dish of raw leafy green vegetables, often tossed with pieces of other raw or cooked vegetables, fruit, cheese, or other ingredients and served with a dressing.

b. The course of a meal consisting of this dish.

2. A cold dish of chopped vegetables, fruit, meat, fish, eggs, or other food, usually prepared with a dressing, such as mayonnaise.

3. A green vegetable or herb used in salad, especially lettuce.

4. A varied mixture: "The Declaration of Independence was . . . a salad of illusions" (George Santayana).

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[Middle English salade, from Old French, possibly from Old Provençal salada, from Vulgar Latin *salta, from feminine past participle of *salre, to salt, from Latin sl, salt; see sal- in Indo-European roots.]

Word History: Salt was and is such an important ingredient in salad dressings that the very word salad is based on the Latin word for "salt." Vulgar Latin had a verb *salre, "to salt," from Latin sl, "salt," and the past participial form of this verb, *salta, "having been salted," came to mean "salad." The Vulgar Latin word passed into languages descending from it, such as Portuguese (salada) and Old Provençal (salada). Old French may have borrowed its word salade from Old Provençal. Medieval Latin also carried on the Vulgar Latin word in the form salta. As in the case of so many culinary delights, the English borrowed the word and probably the dish from the French. The Middle English word salade, from Old French salade and Medieval Latin salta, is first recorded in a recipe book composed before 1399. · Salt is of course an important ingredient of other foods and condiments besides salad dressings, as is evidenced by some other culinary word histories. The words sauce and salsa, borrowed into English from French and Spanish, respectively, both come ultimately from the Latin word salsus, meaning "salted." Another derivative of this word was the Late Latin adjective salscius, "prepared by salting," which eventually gave us the word sausage.

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salad [ˈsæləd]

n

1. (Cookery) 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

2. (Cookery) any dish of cold vegetables or fruit potato salad fruit salad

3. (Cookery) any green vegetable used in such a dish, esp lettuce

[from Old French salade, from Old Provençal salada, from salar to season with salt, from Latin sal salt]

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Salad a cold dish composed of a variety of fruits, vegetables, meats, etc.

Examples: salad of murder and Te Deums, of conflagration and general fasts, 1635; salad of styles (architectural), 1893; the Puritan, Anabaptists, Brownist, like a grand salad, 1635.

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salad

• corn salad - A name given to several species of annual herbs sometimes used for salad.
• fruit cocktail, fruit cup, fruit salad - Fruit cocktail (1922) is a mixture of sliced or diced fruits, and it is synonymous with fruit cup (1931); fruit salad (1861) is a salad composed of fruits.
• salad days - Those when one is green in judgment, young and inexperienced.
• salad - A shortened version of Latin herba salata, "salted vegetables," from Latin sal, "salt."

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

salad - food mixtures either arranged on a plate or tossed and served with a moist dressing; usually consisting of or including greens dish - a particular item of prepared food; "she prepared a special dish for dinner" tossed salad - salad tossed with a dressing salmagundi - cooked meats and eggs and vegetables usually arranged in rows around the plate and dressed with a salad dressing salad nicoise - typically containing tomatoes and anchovies and garnished with black olives and capers potato salad - any of various salads having chopped potatoes as the base pasta salad - a salad having any of various pastas as the base fruit salad - salad composed of fruits crab Louis - lettuce and crabmeat dressed with sauce Louis herring salad - based on pickled herring tuna fish salad, tuna salad - salad composed primarily of chopped canned tuna fish chicken salad - salad composed primarily of chopped chicken meat coleslaw, slaw - basically shredded cabbage molded salad - salad of meats or vegetables in gelatin tabbouleh, tabooli - a finely chopped salad with tomatoes and parsley and mint and scallions and bulgur wheat

Translations

salad [ˈsæləd]

A. N → ensalada f
fruit salad → ensalada f de frutas, macedonia f de frutas(Sp)
Russian salad → ensaladilla f (rusa), ensalada f rusa

B. CPD salad bowl N → ensaladera f
salad cream N (Brit) → mayonesa f
salad days NPL → juventud fsing
salad dish N → ensaladera f
salad dressing N → aliño m
salad oil N → aceite m para ensaladas

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salad [ˈsæləd] n → salade f
tomato salad → salade de tomates
green salad → salade verte
salad bar n (in restaurant, canteen) → buffet m de crudités
salad bowl n → saladier m
salad cream n (British) → sauce en bouteille)f mayonnaise >
salad days npl → années fpl de jeunesse et d'inexpérience
salad dressing n → vinaigrette f
salad oil n → huile f de table
salad servers npl → couverts mpl à salade
salad shaker n → panier m à salade
salad spinner n → essoreuse f à salade

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salad

n → Salat m

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salad:

salad bar

n → Salatbüffet nt

salad bowl

n → Salatschüssel f

salad cream

n → ˜ Mayonnaise f, → ˜ Majonäse f

salad days

pl → unschuldige Jugendtage pl; in the salad of his youth → als er noch jung und unschuldig war

salad dressing

n → Salatsoße f; lettuce with salad → angemachter Salat

salad oil

n → Salatöl nt

salad spinner

n (Cook) → Salatschleuder f

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salad [ˈsæləd] n → insalata
tomato salad → insalata di pomodori
ham salad → prosciutto e insalata

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salad

n salad [ˈsӕləd]

(a dish of) mixed raw vegetables. slaai سَلَطَه салата salát salat der Salat σαλάτα ensalada salat سالاد salaatti salade סָלָט सलाद salata saláta selada salat insalata サラダ 샐러드 salotos, mišrainė salāti salad salade salat sałatka salada salată салат šalát solata salata sallad ผักดิบ ๆ ผสมกัน salata 沙拉 салат سلاد rau trộn dầu giấm 色拉

fruit salad

a mixture of chopped fruits usually eaten as a dessert. vrugteslaai سَلَطَة فَواكِه плодова салата ovocný salát frugtsalat der Obstsalat φρουτοσαλάτα ensalada de frutas puuviljasalat سالاد ميوه hedelmäsalaatti salade de fruits סָלָט פֵּירוֹת फल सलाद voćna salata gyümölcssaláta selada buah ávaxtasalat macedonia フルーツサラダ 과일 샐러드 vaisių asorti augļu kompots salad buah-buahan vruchtensla fruktsalat sałatka owocowa salada de frutas salată de fructe фруктовый салат ovocný šalát sadna solata voćna salata fruktsallad สลัดผลไม้ทานเป็นของหวาน meyve salatası 水果沙拉 фруктовий салат پھلوں کی سلاد món tráng miệng sa lát hoa quả 以水果为主料的色拉

salad cream

a type of mayonnaise usually sold in bottles. slaaisous مايونيز مُعَد من البَيْض течна майонеза salátová majonéza salatmajonæse die Salatmayonnaise είδος μαγιονέζας salsa para ensalada (tipo mahonesa) majonees سس سالاد majoneesi sauce à salade רוֹטֶב לְסָלָט सलाद क्रीम vrta majoneze salátaöntet, majonéz mayones salatsósa (condimento per insalata) サラダクリーム 샐러드용 크림 majonezas salātu mērce; majonēze krim salad slasaus salatsaus, majonessaus typ majonezu maionese сливочный майонез šalátová majonéza solatna krema vrsta preliva za salatu majonnäsliknande dressing på flaska มายองเนสชนิดขวด salata kreması 美乃滋沙拉醬 приправа для салату سلاد کا مسالہ nước xốt xà lách 蛋黄酱

salad dressing

a sauce for putting on salad, usually consisting of oil and vinegar and sometimes spices. slaaisous صَلْصَة السَّلَطَه подправка за салата zálivka na salát salatdressing die Salatsoße, das Dressing γαρνιτούρα σαλάτας aliño, aderezo salatikaste سس سالاد salaattikastike vinaigrette רוֹטֶב לְסָלָט सलाद का सजाव začin za salatu salátaöntet bumbu selada salatsósa (condimento per insalata) サラダドレッシング 샐러드용 드레싱 salotų užpilas salātu mērce kuah salad slasaus salatdressing sos do sałaty tempero de salada dressing, vinegretă заправка к салату nálev na šalát solatni preliv preliv za salatu salladsdressing น้ำสลัด salata sosu 沙拉淋醬 заправа для салату تیل سرکے وغیرہ کی سلاد کی چاشنی dầu giấm 色拉调料

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salad → سَلاطة salát salat Salat σαλάτα ensalada salaatti salade salata insalata サラダ 샐러드 salade salat sałatka salada салат sallad สลัด salata xa-lát 色拉