salad

Noun

Meaning

A preparation of vegetables, as lettuce, celery, water cress, onions, etc., usually dressed with salt, vinegar, oil, and spice, and eaten for giving a relish to other food; as, lettuce salad; tomato salad, etc.

A dish composed of chopped meat or fish, esp. chicken or lobster, mixed with lettuce or other vegetables, and seasoned with oil, vinegar, mustard, and other condiments; as, chicken salad; lobster salad.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

greens slaw coleslaw potato salad Waldorf salad fruit salad tossed salad miscellany herb motley melange salmagundi green mix sauce
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Antonyms

group order base basis whole middle
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Hypernyms

dish

Hyponyms

salmagundi slaw coleslaw pasta salad potato salad fruit salad

Phrases with the word

salad days Caprese salad millionaire's salad Salad Bowl of the Philippines green salad plant salad rocket

Examples

Vulgarity is the garlic in the salad of life. Cyril Connolly

We are beginning to wonder whether a servant girl hasn't the best of it after all. She knows how the salad tastes without the dressing, and she knows how life's lived before it gets to the parlor door. Djuna Barnes

Our Garrick 's a salad for in him we see Oil, vinegar, sugar, and saltness agree. Oliver Goldsmith

Drink upon salad costs the doctor a ducat; drink upon eggs costs him two. German Proverb

The person who plants the lettuce does not always eat the salad. Spanish Proverb

He who plants the lettuce doesn't always eat the salad. Spanish Proverb

Close letter words and terms

salaciousness salacity salacot salad and corn salad bar salad bowl