noun
salad
SAL-uhd/ˈsæləd/
A dish of mixed ingredients, usually served cold.
The salad combines lettuce, tomato wedges, cucumber slices, and shredded carrot.
Etymology
Old French salade named raw herbs cut up and dressed. The name ultimately referred to 'salted vegetables,' highlighting their seasoning, before broadening to mixtures that could also include ingredients such as meat.
In context
a really nice but really simple salad with lettuce and some pickled elements and a balsamic vinaigrette
More examples
- We serve cold potato salad with our sandwiches.
- This fruit salad combines melon, grapes, and strawberries.
- The deli sells pasta salads with several different dressings.
Forms
salad · salads
Similar words
- slaw
- Specifically uses finely shredded vegetables, usually cabbage, with dressing.