Russian dressing

noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An American salad dressing, a spiced blend of mayonnaise and ketchup. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    mayonnaise with horseradish grated onion and chili sauce or catsup; sometimes with caviar added wordnet

Etymology

Named by Americans for marketing purposes, portraying a fanciful notion of the dressing being made in a Russian style; more at Wikipedia. Compare also French dressing.

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