Word info Synonyms

mayonnaise

Speech parts

1. mayonnaise - Noun

2. mayonnaise - Verb

Meaning

A sauce compounded of raw yolks of eggs beaten up with olive oil to the consistency of a sirup, and seasoned with vinegar, pepper, salt, etc.; -- used in dressing salads, fish, etc. Also, a dish dressed with this sauce.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

Show all synonyms

Hypernyms

Hyponyms

Phrases with the word

Examples

Monica was glad Walter was married, so she didn't have to go into any of the other reasons she didn't want to get involved with him, such as the fact that he had the intellectual depth of mayonnaise. Dave Barry

I am terrified of mayonnaise. It was so bad when I was little that my friends would chase me around the house with a jar of mayonnaise and a knife. Megan Mullally

Gentiles are people who eat mayonnaise for no reason. Robin Williams

One of my favorite things is mayonnaise and I have to tell you that. I love mayonnaise, but I don't eat it any more. If I do I put light mayonnaise on it, which I know is still not good but it's a lot better than the other one and I don't eat it that much. Mike Ditka

Life's like a mayonnaise soda And life's like space without room And life's like bacon and ice cream That's what life's like without you. Lou Reed

It's a rum state of affairs when you feel like punching a jar of mayonnaise in the face. Charlie Brooker

Close letter words and terms