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salad

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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).

[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.

salad
Noun
a dish of raw vegetables, often served with a dressing, eaten as a separate course or as part of a main course [Old French salade]

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.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.saladsalad - 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] nensalada;
tomato salad → ensalada de tomate

salad [ˈsæləd] nsalade f;
tomato salad → salade de tomates

salad [ˈsæləd] nSalat m;
tomato salad → Tomatensalat m;
green salad → grüner Salat m

salad [ˈsæləd] ninsalata;
tomato salad → insalata di pomodori

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, 생채 요리 salotos, mišrainė salāti salad salade salat sałatka salada salată салат šalát solata salata sallad ผักดิบ ๆ ผสมกัน salata 色拉 салат سلاد rau trộn dầu giấm
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 프루트 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 以水果為主料的色拉 фруктовий салат پھلوں کی سلاد món tráng miệng sa lát hoa quả 水果
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 크림 모양의 샐러드 드레싱 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 蛋黃醬 приправа для салату سلاد کا مسالہ nước xốt xà lách
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 色拉調料 заправа для салату تیل سرکے وغیرہ کی سلاد کی چاشنی dầu giấm


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But as he was still very hungry and this juicy salad tasted very good to his present nature, he went on eating with a still greater appetite.
Certain I am, however, that a king's head is solemnly oiled at his coronation, even as a head of salad.
There were only the old housekeeper and her handmaiden in the house, so that on the plea of not giving too much trouble I could indulge what my other half calls my fantaisie dereglee as regards meals-- that is to say, meals so simple that they could be brought out to the lilacs on a tray; and I lived, I remember, on salad and bread and tea the whole time, sometimes a very tiny pigeon appearing at lunch to save me, as the old lady thought, from starvation.
 
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